THEOSIS2 Kingdoms (2 Samuel) 4:1Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And Isboseth the son of Saul heard that Abner was slain in Hebron: and his hands were weakened, and all Israel was troubled.
וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע בֶּן־שָׁא֗וּל כִּ֣י מֵ֤ת אַבְנֵר֙ בְּחֶבְר֔וֹן וַיִּרְפּ֖וּ יָדָ֑יו וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל נִבְהָֽלוּ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ezra 4:4Then the people of the land hindered the hands of the people of Juda, and troubled them in building.
- Isa 13:7Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every heart of man shall melt,
- Jer 6:24We have heard the fame thereof, our hands grow feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, as a woman in labour.
- Jer 50:43The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands are grown feeble: anguish hath taken hold of him, pangs as a woman in labour.
- Neh 6:9For all these men thought to frighten us, thinking that our hands would cease from the work, and that we would leave off. Wherefore I strengthened my hands the more:
- 2 Sam 3:27And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside to the middle of the gate, to speak to him treacherously: and he stabbed him there in the groin, and he died, in revenge of the blood of Asael his brother.
- Matt 2:2Saying: Where is he that is born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the East, and are come to adore him.
- Matt 2:3And king Herod hearing this, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.