Where the Fathers quote 1 Kings (LXX 1 Samuel) 17

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Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:249…you hear elijah saying to ahab the lord god of hosts the god of israel liveth before whom i stand there shall not be dew or rain these years upon the earth except by the word… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:51…take for moxor; and Joshua vii, 24, ’Achor, the Massoretes have ’Achor. Some read ’Achar, notwithstanding ⟦the punctuation⟧. Others ’Achor. 1 Kings xvii, 1, Dammim, the Massoretes have Dammim; they have dammín… Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:1499…offering and the wood and the stones and ibid and elias said the lord god of israel liveth in whose sight i stand if there shall be dew and rain these years but according to the… George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 121:209…the son of nun then also the b prophet elijah said to ahab as the lord god of hosts lives before whom i stand there shall these years be neither dew nor rain upon the earth… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1631…unto elijah get thee hence from hence eastward and hide thyself in the brook cherith that is before jordan and it shall be thou shalt drink of the brook and i have commanded the ravens to… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1631…in the brook cherith that is before jordan and it shall be thou shalt drink of the brook and i have commanded the ravens to feed thee there and elijah did according to the word of… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1635…hide thyself by the torrent chorrath which is over against the jordan and it shall be that thou shalt drink water from the torrent and i have commanded the ravens to feed thee there and elias… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:703…of jordan and drink water from the torrent and i will command the ravens to feed thee there kings the lord said these things furthermore not to feed elijah but to afflict him with contumely not… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1631…unto elijah get thee hence from hence eastward and hide thyself in the brook cherith that is before jordan and it shall be thou shalt drink of the brook and i have commanded the ravens to… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:591…Basilian. V. 9. Another: "Scales." From the Basilian manuscript, the author's name being silent, who appears to be Aquila; for he renders the term in 1 Kings xvii, 5, as "scaled." V. 15. Another: "A raven, according to its ki… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:193…shall know he says the canaanites who observe me that it is the word of the lord for by canaanites he means the nations and these might be understood as the sheep observing christ for they… Isaias AbbasPG 40:1183…us fix our gaze upon the bronze serpent which moses made by the word of the lord for he affixed it to wood upon the summit of the mountain so that whoever had been bitten by… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1631…the lord and sat in the brook cherith that is before jordan and the ravens brought him bread in the morning and flesh in the evening and he drank water of the brook and it came… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1167…of the holy spirit whence they also had their outcome c vers and the ravens brought him bread and how did he not transgress the law by being nourished by an unclean bird because the lawgiver… OrigenesPG 16:187…the third book of kings h h chapter xvii h hebrew text and the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning and bread and flesh in the evening aquila and the ravens brought him… OrigenesPG 16:189…h h chapter xvii lib iii regum h symmacus lxx interpretes theodotion and the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning and bread and flesh in the evening and the ravens brought him bread… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1631…drank water of the brook and it came to pass after days that the brook dried up because there was no rain upon the earth our soul as a sparrow was delivered out of the snare… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:1193…to him saying go to zarephath of sidon and you shall stay there behold i have commanded a widow there to provide for you b coming to the woman he asked for a little water to… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:489…of the midday meal and what says he to her take me a little water in a vessel that i may drink and as she was going he cried after her you shall take me also… John VIII Xiphilinus c. 1010–1075PG 120:1203…with him and a very great crowd but as he drew near to the gate of the city behold he was being carried out a dead man the only son of his mother and she was… John VIII Xiphilinus c. 1010–1075PG 120:1205…that is ours through it for as he drew near he says to the gate of the city behold a dead man was being carried out an only son to his mother christ our god the… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:781…going with him and a large crowd and as he drew near to the gate of the city behold a dead man was being carried out the only son of his mother and she was a… Nicetas Choniates c. 1155–1217PG 139:1103…are sober and fasting provided this for he says to the widow fetch me i pray thee a little water in a vessel that i may drink and as she was going to fetch it he… Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:531…him which leads to salvation for he says as he drew near to the gate of the city behold a dead man was being carried out for foreknowing even the very hour of the funeral procession… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:347…all for he had heard the divine sentence but he cried after her and said fetch me i pray thee a little water in a vessel that i may drink kings truly a generous and wise… Nicetas Choniates c. 1155–1217PG 139:1103…pray thee a little water in a vessel that i may drink and as she was going to fetch it he called after her and said bring me also i pray thee a morsel of bread… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:347…at all; for he had heard the divine sentence: but he cried after her and said: "Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink" (1 Kings 17:11). Truly a generous and wise woman, and—unless this saying a… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:945…also are wanting in the lxx and in their place is put and she said as the lord delivers the city to you show me mercy and truth i e and she said as the lord… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:583…asking for food she was crying out the lord thy god lives i have not a cake but a handful of meal in a jar and a little oil in a cruet and having entered i… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:749…handful of flour in the jar and a little oil in the cruse and behold i am gathering two sticks and i am going in to make it for myself and for my children and we… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:725…left but a small amount of food sufficient for one day for as the lord thy god liveth she said i have not a cake but only a handful of meal in a jar and a… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:1193…handful of flour in the jar and a little oil in the cruse and behold i am gathering two sticks and i will go in and make it for myself and my children and we will… Nicetas Choniates c. 1155–1217PG 139:1103…me also i pray thee a morsel of bread in thy hand and she said as the lord thy god liveth i have no bread but only a handful of meal in a pot make me… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:347…:11). What then the woman? She does not take this amiss, but what does she say? "As the Lord thy God liveth, if I have a cake, but a handful of meal" (1 Kings 17:12). For what cause does she swear? The prophet asked for brea… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:349…handful of flour in the jar and a little oil in the cruse and behold i am gathering two sticks and i shall enter in and i shall prepare them for my children and we shall… Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:153…poverty the lord thy god liveth she says i have no hearth cake but an handful of meal in a barrel and a little oil in a cruse and behold i am gathering two sticks and… Michael Glycas c. 1125–after 1204PG 158:503…hear the prophet saying and the cruse of oil shall not diminish until the day that the lord sendeth rain upon the earth i do not believe that the prophet prayed concerning oil for when there… Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:153…a voice that has the moisture of philanthropy thus saith the lord the barrel of meal shall not fail neither shall the cruse of oil decrease until the day that the lord sendeth rain upon the… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:1193…gives rain upon the earth and it came to pass after this that the son of the woman the mistress of the house became ill and his illness was very severe until no breath was left… Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:527…and died for the scripture says and his sickness was so severe that there was no breath left in him she did not reproach the prophet nor cast him out nor vituperate him she did not… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:51…eading is discovered between those ancient interpreters and the Massoretes, so that where the former read A, the latter read E, and vice versa; as in 1 Kings xvii, 18, ’aruba, Aquila reads eroubá, while the Massoretes read… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:79…ub in the Hebrew tongue is called conversation, and a turning point. Therefore also Jesse, sending David, said, “And you shall take their Jasub” [1 Kings 17:18], that is, you will announce to me their conversation, and… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:799…as the book of chronicles taught pharaoh said to him what have i to do with thee o king of judah i am not come to make war upon thee today but against the place of… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:1125…great prophet elijah into her home saying o man of god hast thou come unto me to call my sins to remembrance iii reg xvii h contemplation on the holy elijah and on the sareptan widow… Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:153…pass from the body and the widow surrounds the prophet what have i to do with thee o man of god thou art come unto me to call my sin to remembrance and to slay my… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:1193…brought him up to the upper room where he himself was dwelling and laid him upon his own bed and elijah cried out and said o lord my god have you also afflicted this widow to… John Zonaras d. after 1159PG 134:179…him he carried him up to the upper chamber where he dwelt and laid him upon his own bed having besought god he breathed upon the dead child three times and he revived and he gave… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:1193…dwelling and laid him upon his own bed and elijah cried out and said o lord my god have you also afflicted this widow to kill her son he breathed upon the child three times and… OrigenesPG 16:189…in the evening in a cruse another in a cruse vacat another o lord my god hast thou also afflicted the widow with whom i sojourn so as to slay her son unto the lad another… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:1393…way: that the most holy and adorable Trinity is signified by the number three, and again the same by the number seven, in that the number seven is virgin." For 1 Reg. XVII, 21.… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:1193…dwelling and laid him upon his own bed and elijah cried out and said o lord my god have you also afflicted this widow to kill her son he breathed upon the child three times and… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:1193…gave him to his mother and elijah said behold your son lives and the woman said to elijah behold now i know that you are a man of god and the word of the lord in… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:657B…r the people, so as even to give over his own soul, when he struck down that barbarian. If he says, “What shall be given to the one who kills this foreigner?” (1 Reg. 17.26), he was not saying this as one demandi… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:697C…d no one dared to leap forward or go out against him. He stood and said: Who is this uncircumcised one, who has reproached the battle array of the living God? (1 Reg. 17:26). And they say to him: Whence this arro… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:811…any thousands of men. And he said, "Who is this alien who reproaches the army of the living God, and what will be given to the man who will cut off his head?" (1 Reg. 17:26). Having learned this, Saul summons the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:191…was speaking in the beginning with his brothers who envied him because of the future victory, think how meekly he speaks, saying: Is it not a word? (1 Kings XVII, 29). And what of Moses? For the sake of those who had sought t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:679…raised him up as he laid on his face, saying: "Let not the heart of my lord fail because of him; for your servant will go, and fight with this alien" (1 Kings xvii. 32). Is this a small thing, I ask? That one who was urged by n… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:311…with fear, first he raised up his spirit, saying thus: Let not the heart of my lord fail over him, for thy servant will go and fight with this alien (1 Kings 17:32). But when he did not believe and said, Thou canst not go;… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:677…ature of the dangers, held him back and bade him stay, saying: You will not be able to go, for you are a boy, and he is a man of war from his youth (1 Kings 17:33)—yet, with no excuse drawing him on, kindled from home and… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:693…ed by no one, but even with you holding me back and detaining me, saying, 'You cannot go, for you are a child, and he is a man of war from his youth' (1 Kings 17:33): I did not shrink, but leaped forth before everyone else,… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:311…nd fight with this alien (1 Kings 17:32). But when he did not believe and said, Thou canst not go; thou art a boy, but he is a warrior from his youth (1 Kings 17:33), David, being placed in a dilemma, is forced to recount hi… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:697C…; and this one shall be as one of those beasts, because he reproached the battle array of the living God. And Saul said to David: Go, and the Lord be with you (1 Reg. 17:34-37). But the king gave him his own weapons… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:311…its mouth, and I seized its throat and killed it: and thy servant struck the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised alien shall be as one of them (1 Kings 17:34-36). Do you see how he clearly explained for what reason he me… Apophthegmata Patrum (Desert Fathers) 4th–5th century (compiled)PG 65:351B…⟧ attacked by temptations to fornication and anger?" The old man said: "For this reason David said: 'I used to strike the lion, but I would strangle the bear' (1 Reg. xvii, 35). This signifies: I would cut off [my]… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:501B…tion of the people full of sins (Ps. xxi, 7): He is the good shepherd who laid down his life for the sheep (Joan. x, 11), and who killed the lion and the bear (I Reg. xvii, 36)—that is, He rooted out from the nature… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:261…aters of fornication who does not shun beautiful forms, but looks upon them with pleasure. TITLE XII. — On experience and inexperience. 1 Kings xvii, 38, 39. — "Saul clothed David with his garment, and put a bron… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1265C…you shall set these apart; and the number of them was three hundred men. And the Lord said: In these three hundred men I will deliver Madiam into your hands." I Reg. xvii, 40-51. — "And David took his staff in his han… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:43C…out to meet the Philistine, and he cursed me in his idols; but I, having drawn his sword, beheaded him and took away the reproach from the children of Israel" (I Reg. xvii, 43). Consider here not only his fortitude,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:703…e stone, but having first said, You come to me with your gods, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of Sabaoth, whom you have reviled this day (1 Kings 17:45), he cast the stone. This voice guided the stone as if by h… Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:197B…itself. "For you come to me," he said, "with sword, and spear, and shield; but I come to you in the name of the Lord of Hosts, the God of the ranks of Israel" (I Reg. xvii, 45). "You indeed, O warrior, look at what… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:285D…the trumpets, and a woman commanding the army to win and prevail, and a small child to end barbarian wars by the throwing of one stone (Jos. 6. 20. Jud. 4. 1. 1 Reg. 17. 49)? And other such strange things happene… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:501B…r us, He maintains the oversight of the whole. He is the slayer of the intelligible and proud Goliath—that is, the devil—who possessed a height of five cubits (I Reg. xvii, 49), on account of the passion of the…