THEOSIS2 Kingdoms (2 Samuel) 18:4Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And the king said to them: What seemeth good to you, that will I do. And the king stood by the gate: and all the people went forth by their troops, by hundreds and by thousands.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם֙ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־יִיטַ֥ב בְּעֵינֵיכֶ֖ם אֶעֱשֶׂ֑ה וַיַּעֲמֹ֤ד הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֶל־יַ֣ד הַשַּׁ֔עַר וְכָל־הָעָם֙ יָֽצְא֔וּ לְמֵא֖וֹת וְלַאֲלָפִֽים׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 2 Sam 18:24And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman that was on the top of the gate upon the wall, lifting up his eyes, saw a man running alone.
- 2 Sam 18:1And David, having reviewed his people, appointed over them captains of thousands and of hundreds,
- 1 Sam 29:2And the lords of the Philistines marched with their hundreds and their thousands: but David and his men were in the rear with Achis.
- Isa 28:6And a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and strength to them that return out of the battle to the gate.