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1 Chronicles 10 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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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.

Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“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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