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1 Chronicles 10 — Sermon Preparation
Saul and his sons fall in battle against the Philistines at Mount Gilboa, and the chapter explains his death as judgment for his unfaithfulness to God. Below is a research summary for 1 Chronicles 10, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 14
- verses
- 204 / 100
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 2
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
1 Chronicles 10 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁאוּל | Shâʼûwl | H7586 | 12 | Shaul |
| פְּלִשְׁתִּי | Pᵉlishtîy | H6430 | 8 | Pelishtite |
| מוּת | mûwth | H4191 | 7 | die, kill |
| כְּלִי | kᵉlîy | H3627 | 5 | prepared, apparatus |
| נָשָׂא | nâsâʼ | H5375 | 5 | lift |
| נָפַל | nâphal | H5307 | 4 | fall |
| גּוּפָה | gûwphâh | H1480 | 2 | corpse |
How preachers through history handled this text
2 public-domain excerpts on 1 Chronicles 10, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The design of Ezra, in these books of the Chronicles, was to preserve the records of the house of David, which, though much sunk and lessened in a common eye by the captivity, yet grew more and more illustrious in the eyes of those that lived by faith by the nearer approach of the Son of David. And therefore he repeats, not the history of Saul's reign, but only of his death, by which way was made for David to the throne. In this chapter we have, I. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on 1 Chronicles 10:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Mount Gilboa— 1 Chr 10:1
- Jabesh-gilead— 1 Chr 10:11
- Valley of Jezreel— 1 Chr 10:7
- Philistia— 1 Chr 10:9
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