Eclogae on 1 Kingdoms

Eclogae in primum Regnorum · Ὠριγένους ἐκλογαὶ εἰς τὴν Πρώτην τῶν Βασιλειῶν

991God's “repentance” over Saul, like his hand, foot, and eye, is said by condescension: it means a change of course, not a passion; Saul's mercy to Agag was disobedience.
993Notes on 1–3 Kingdoms: David's ruddiness; the loaves of the presence prefigure the twelve apostles sent two by two; Saul as a type of the evil spirit; David's mercy to the blind and lame; the saint as adamant that the devil's hammer cannot break.
995The saint, like adamant, is only made brighter by the devil's blows; Christ, the power of God, makes men “sons of power”.

About this work

Author: Origen
Attribution: authentic · Excerpts attributed to Origen in catena manuscripts and printed by Migne; the originals are lost, and some excerpts may be wrongly assigned.
Standing: Not honoured as a saint or in a church calendar by the Catholic, Orthodox, or Protestant traditions. Deposed by Demetrius of Alexandria (ca. 231) but kept as teacher by the churches of Caesarea and Jerusalem; condemned only long after his death.
Date: ca. 220-254 (approximate) · Date of the original works, which are lost; the excerpts come from later catenae.
Written at: Caesarea, Palestine (probable)
Language: Greek
Genre: commentary
Reference system: Migne's left column number (interpolated from the page order of the scan); Migne prints these fragments under Scripture verse headings, which are not yet used as refs
SBL abbreviation: Eclog. 1 Regn.Not yet checked
Clavis: CPG 1411-1457 (not yet checked)
Text from: J.-P. Migne, ed., Patrologiae cursus completus, Series Graeca 12 (Paris, 1862), cols. 991-1029 (Printed edition in the public domain; text from the library-scan OCR of the volume)
Critical editions: Marguerite Harl, Origene: Philocalie sur les Ecritures (SC 302) (cited only) (cited, not reproduced)