THEOSIS2 Kingdoms (2 Samuel) 24:3Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And Joab said to the king: The Lord thy God increase thy people, and make them as many more as they are now, and again multiply them a hundredfold in the sight of my lord the king: but what meaneth my lord the king by this kind of thing?
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יוֹאָ֜ב אֶל־הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ וְיוֹסֵ֣ף יְהוָה֩ אֱלֹהֶ֨יךָ אֶל־הָעָ֜ם כָּהֵ֤ם ׀ וְכָהֵם֙ מֵאָ֣ה פְעָמִ֔ים וְעֵינֵ֥י אֲדֹנִֽי־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ רֹא֑וֹת וַאדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ לָ֥מָּה חָפֵ֖ץ בַּדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Deut 1:11(The Lord God of your fathers add to this number many thousands, and bless you as he hath spoken.)
- Ps 115 (113):14
- Isa 60:5Then shalt thou see, and abound, and thy heart shall wonder and be enlarged, when the multitude of the sea shall be converted to thee, the strength of the Gentiles shall come to thee.
- Prov 14:28In the multitude of people is the dignity of the king: and in the small number of the people the dishonour of the prince.
- 2 Sam 10:12Be of good courage, and let us fight for our people, and for the city of our God: and the Lord will do what is good in his sight.
- 1 Chr 21:3And Joab answered: The Lord make his people a hundred times more than they are: but, my lord the king, are they not all thy servants: why doth my lord seek this thing, which may be imputed as a sin to Israel?
- 1 Chr 21:4But the king's word rather prevailed: and Joab departed, and went through all Israel: and returned to Jerusalem.