Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

1 Samuel 9:22

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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 1, page 344, footnote 14 (Image)

Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus

Irenæus (HTML)

Against Heresies: Book I (HTML)

Chapter XVIII.—Passages from Moses, which the heretics pervert to the support of their hypothesis. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 2903 (In-Text, Margin)

... bearers of the ark of the covenant, —those stones which were set up by Elijah when the heifer was offered as a burnt-offering; the number, too, of the apostles; and, in fine, every event which embraces in it the number twelve,—set forth their Duodecad. And then the union of all these, which is called the Triacontad, they strenuously endeavour to demonstrate by the ark of Noah, the height of which was thirty cubits; by the case of Samuel, who assigned Saul the chief place among thirty guests;[1 Samuel 9:22] by David, when for thirty days he concealed himself in the field; by those who entered along with him into the cave; also by the fact that the length (height) of the holy tabernacle was thirty cubits; and if they meet with any other like numbers, ...