THEOSISTheodoret of Cyrus
The gracious Lord, having listened to the supplication, instructed that an altar be constructed at the site where heavenly mercy had halted the execution. Commentary on 2 Sam.
2 Kingdoms (2 Samuel) 24:19Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And David went up according to the word of Gad which the Lord had commanded him.
וַיַּ֤עַל דָּוִד֙ כִּדְבַר־גָּ֔ד כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Heb 11:8By faith he that is called Abraham obeyed to go out into a place which he was to receive for an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing whither he went.
- 2 Chr 20:20And they rose early in the morning, and went out through the desert of Thecua: and as they were marching, Josaphat standing in the midst of them, said: Hear me, ye men of Juda, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem: believe in the Lord your God, and you shall be secure: believe his prophets, and all things shall succeed well.
- Neh 9:26But they provoked thee to wrath, and departed from thee, and threw thy law behind their backs: and they killed thy prophets, who admonished them earnestly to return to thee: and they were guilty of great blasphemies.
- 1 Chr 21:19And David went up, according to the word of Gad, which he spoke to him in the name of the Lord.
- 2 Chr 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused the prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, and there was no remedy.
- Gen 6:22And Noe did all things which God commanded him.