Where the Fathers quote 1 Kings (LXX 1 Samuel) 24

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Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:375C…n did he put an end to his hatred, but finally, having undertaken an expedition against him with three thousand chosen men, he searched through the wilderness (I Reg. XXIV, 3). And if he had been asked the cause of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:799B…m. When certain of his bodyguards were persuading him, "Behold the day, which the Lord said, in which he would deliver your enemy into your hands; strike him" (1 Reg. 24:5, 7); David answers, "The Lord lives: I… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:683…it says, "his heart," because he had taken away the extremity of the mantle, and he said to the men: "Nequaquam, may this not be to me from the Lord" (1 Kings 24:6). What is that, "Nequaquam, may this not be to me from the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:685…all those, entreats Him even not to grant him the power to strike back, saying this: "May it not happen to me from the Lord to lay my hand upon him" (1 Kings 24:6), speaking as if about the son of an enemy, or rather, as a… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:647…f He were present, and were passing judgment on the things being said. He says, therefore: "I will not put forth my hand against the Lord's anointed" (1 Kings 24. 7). I do not look at his wickedness, but at his dignity. Let… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:847…ng to God, nevertheless frequently would not kill him when he was delivered into his hands, saying: "I will not put my hand upon the Lord's anointed" (1 Kings 24:7). Likewise, when Paul had cursed the priest Ananias and had… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1289A…self as it were: Corrupt not the virtue of forgetting injuries. For far be it from me, he says, to lay my hand upon him, because he is the Lord’s anointed (I Reg. xxiv, 7). With good reason, then, he added to t… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:205B…ts—not only spared his life, but did not even endure to utter a harsh word against him; and he provides the reason, saying that he is "the Christ of the Lord" (1 Reg. 24:7). Not only from this, but from another… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:687C…ry. For when the author of the history had mentioned the words by which David forbade the slaughter, he added: He did not permit them to arise and kill Saul (I Reg. XXIV, 8); wishing to demonstrate both the m… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:687B…, at last the occasion of these struggles, Saul, arose and went out of the cave, ignorant of all things which had been done. But David also went out after him (I Reg. XXIV, 9), henceforth looking toward heaven with… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:781B…e, having gone out after Saul, cried out saying: My lord the king. And Saul looked behind him, and David bowed his face to the ground and did obeisance to him (1 Reg. 24. 9). Does this bring less praise for savin… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1137A…I Reg. xxiv, 9-18. "David arose from the cave, and cried… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:691…is anger, and removing envy. Let us also hear his own excuse: "Why do you listen to the words of the people saying, 'Behold, David seeks your soul'?" (1 Kings 24:10). And yet he who wrote this history said earlier that the w… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:701B…m who transformed the man, who trained and regulated his soul. What, then, does Saul say? Having heard David say, Behold the skirt of your mantle in my hand (1 Reg. 24, 12), and the other things he pleaded along… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:683B…l be able to move us to anger; which indeed is clear from the story concerning David. For when he had said to Saul, "Behold the hem of your mantle in my hand" (1 Reg. 24:12), and had apologized for all else, the… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1149A…e Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you." (Deut. xxviii, 63) "From the wicked shall transgression proceed." (1 Reg. xxiv, 14) "The word of the Lord came to Bassa,… Hadrian the Monk fl. c. 425-450PG 98:1307B…xcessive lowliness, such as: “But I am a worm and no man,” and, “Do you pursue a bird, O king? A single flea, and a dead dog,” and similar things. (Ps. xxi, 7; 1 Reg. xxiv, 15.) According to enigma, when one sets f… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:705…ut a bitter cry, and lamented loudly, hear what he says: You are more righteous than I, for you have rendered me good, and I have rendered you evil (1 Kings 24:18). Do you see how he both convicts his own wickedness and pr… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:705…to that man's soul. And you reported to me today what you did to me in good, how the Lord shut me up today into your hands, and you did not kill me (1 Kings 24:19). And he bears witness to another virtue in him again, that…