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1 Chronicles 1 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for 1 Chronicles 1, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
2
preachers & commentators

1 Chronicles 1 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
אַלּוּף ʼallûwph H441 13 familiar, friend
מָלַךְ mâlak H4427 9 reign, ascend the throne
יָלַד yâlad H3205 9 bear young, beget
שֵׁם shêm H8034 9 appellation, honor
מוּת mûwth H4191 8 die, kill
דִּישׁוֹן Dîyshôwn H1787 4 Dishon
בַּעַל חָנָן Baʻal Chânân H1177 4 Baal-Chanan

How preachers through history handled this text

4 public-domain excerpts on 1 Chronicles 1, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 3 John Wesley 1

“This chapter and many that follow it repeat the genealogies we have hitherto met with in the sacred history, and put them all together, with considerable additions. We may be tempted, it may be, to think it would have been well if they had not been written, because, when they come to be compared with other parallel places, there are differences found, which we can scarcely accommodate to our satisfaction; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on 1 Chronicles 1:1–54 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Caphtor — 1 Chr 1:12
  • Dinhabah — 1 Chr 1:43
  • Edom — 1 Chr 1:43
  • Bozrah 1 — 1 Chr 1:44
  • Avith — 1 Chr 1:46
  • Midian — 1 Chr 1:46

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