3 Kings 2:38
And Semei said to the king: The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Semei dwelt in Jerusalem, many days.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Dixitque Semei regi : Bonus sermo : sicut locutus est dominus meus rex, sic faciet servus tuus. Habitavit itaque Semei in Jerusalem diebus multis.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ εἶπεν Σεμεεὶ πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα Ἀγαθὸν τὸ ῥῆμα ὃ ἐλάλησας, κύριέ μου βασιλεῦ· οὕτω ποιήσει ὁ δοῦλός σου. καὶ ἐκάθισεν Σεμεεὶ ἐν Ἰερουσαλὴμ τρία ἔτη.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֹּ֨אמֶר שִׁמְעִ֤י לַמֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ ט֣וֹב הַדָּבָ֔ר כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר דִּבֶּר֙ אֲדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ כֵּ֖ן יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב שִׁמְעִ֛י בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם יָמִ֥ים רַבִּֽים
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine On the Creed, Section 11
11. “He ascended into heaven:” believe. “He sitteth at the right hand of the Father:” believe. By sitting, understand dwelling: as [in Latin] we say of any person, “In that country he dwelt ( sedit ) three years.” The Scripture also has that expression, that such an one dwelt ( sedisse ) in a city for such a time. Not meaning that he sat and never rose up? On this account the dwellings of men are called seats ( sedes ). Where people are seated (in this sense), are they always sitting? Is there no rising, no walking, no lying down? And yet they are called seats ( sedes ). In this way, then, believe an inhabiting of Christ on the right hand of God the Father: He is there. And let not your heart say to you, What is He doing? Do not want to seek what is not permitted to find: He is there; it suffices you. …