THEOSIS2 Kingdoms (2 Samuel) 16:19Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Besides this, whom shall I serve? is it not the king's son? as I have served thy father, so will I serve thee also.
וְהַשֵּׁנִ֗ית לְמִי֙ אֲנִ֣י אֶֽעֱבֹ֔ד הֲל֖וֹא לִפְנֵ֣י בְנ֑וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר עָבַ֙דְתִּי֙ לִפְנֵ֣י אָבִ֔יךָ כֵּ֖ן אֶהְיֶ֥ה לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 2 Sam 15:34But if thou return into the city, and wilt say to Absalom: I am thy servant, O king: as I have been thy father's servant, so I will be thy servant: thou shalt defeat the counsel of Achitophel.
- Ps 55 (54):21
- Gal 2:13And to his dissimulation the rest of the Jews consented: so that Barnabas also was led by them into that dissimulation.
- 1 Sam 29:8And David said to Achis: But what have I done, or what hast thou found in me thy servant, from the day that I have been in thy sight until this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?
- 1 Sam 28:2And David said to Achis: Now thou shalt know what thy servant will do. And Achis said to David: And I will appoint thee to guard my life for ever.