Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

2 Samuel 19:21

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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 8, page 64, footnote 6 (Image)

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CCEL Footnote 480 (In-Text, Margin)

... was cleansing herself and washing unclothed. This woman the holy man saw, and was thoroughly captivated with desire by the sight of her. See, then, what evils he committed because of a woman, and how this righteous man sinned, and gave command that the husband of this woman should be killed in battle. Ye have seen what wicked schemes he laid and executed, and how, because of his passion for a woman, he perpetrated a murder— he, David, who was called “the anointed of the Lord.”[2 Samuel 19:21] Be admonished, O man: for, if such men as these have been brought to ruin through women, what is thy righteousness, or what art thou among the holy, that thou consortest with women and with maidens day and night, with much silliness, without ...