THEOSIS2 Kingdoms (2 Samuel) 9:8Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
He bowed down to him, and said: Who am I thy servant, that thou shouldst look upon such a dead dog as I am?
וַיִּשְׁתַּ֕חוּ וַיֹּ֖אמֶר מֶ֣ה עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ כִּ֣י פָנִ֔יתָ אֶל־הַכֶּ֥לֶב הַמֵּ֖ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר כָּמֽוֹנִי׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Matt 15:26Who answering, said: It is not good to take the bread of the children, and to cast it to the dogs.
- Matt 15:27But she said: Yea, Lord; for the whelps also eat of the crumbs that fall from the table of their masters.
- 2 Sam 16:9And Abisai the son of Sarvia said to the king: Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? I will go, and cut off his head.
- 1 Sam 24:14As also it is said in the old proverb: From the wicked shall wickedness come forth: therefore my hand shall not be upon thee. After whom dost thou come out, O king of Israel?
- 1 Sam 24:15After whom dost thou pursue? After a dead dog, after a flea.
- 2 Sam 3:8Why didst thou go in to my father's concubine? And he was exceedingly angry for the words of Isboseth, and said: Am I a dog's head against Juda this day, who have shewn mercy to the house of Saul thy father, and to his brethren and friends, and have not delivered thee into the hands of David, and hast thou sought this day against me to charge me with a matter concerning a woman?
- 1 Sam 26:20And now let not my blood be shed upon the earth before the Lord: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as the partridge is hunted in the mountains.