THEOSIS2 Kingdoms (2 Samuel) 18:8Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And the battle there was scattered over the face of all the country, and there were many more of the people whom the forest consumed, than whom the sword devoured that day.
וַתְּהִי־שָׁ֧ם הַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה נפצית נָפֹ֖צֶת עַל־פְּנֵ֣י כָל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיֶּ֤רֶב הַיַּ֙עַר֙ לֶאֱכֹ֣ל בָּעָ֔ם מֵאֲשֶׁ֥ר אָכְלָ֛ה הַחֶ֖רֶב בַּיּ֥וֹם הַהֽוּא׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ex 15:10Thy wind blew and the sea covered them: they sunk as lead in the mighty waters.
- Ps 3:7I will not fear thousands of the people surrounding me: arise, O Lord; save me, O my God.
- Judg 5:20There was war made against them from heaven: the stars, remaining in their order and courses, fought against Sisara.
- Judg 5:21The torrent of Cison dragged their carcasses, the torrent of Cadumim, the torrent of Cison: tread thou, my soul, upon the strong ones.
- Josh 10:11And when they were fleeing from the children of Israel, and were in the descent of Bethoron, the Lord cast down upon them great stones from heaven, as far as Azeca: and many more were killed with the hailstones, than were slain by the swords of the children of Israel,
- Ps 43 (42):1