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1 Chronicles 15 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for 1 Chronicles 15, 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 15 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
אָרוֹן ʼârôwn H727 15 box
לֵוִיִּי Lêvîyîy H3881 11 Levite
אָח ʼâch H251 11 brother
שַׂר sar H8269 10 head
דָּוִד Dâvid H1732 11 David
עֹבֵד אֱדוֹם ʻÔbêd ʼĔdôwm H5654 5 Obed-Edom
שִׁיר shîyr H7891 5 song, singing

How preachers through history handled this text

4 public-domain excerpts on 1 Chronicles 15, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 3 John Wesley 1

“The bringing in of the ark to the city of David was a very good work; it was resolved upon (xiii. 4), and attempted, but not perfected; it lay by the way in the house of Obed-edom. Now this chapter gives us an account of the completing of that good work. I. How it was done more regularly than before. 1. A place was prepared for it, ver. 1. 2. The priests were ordered to carry it, ver. 2-15. 3. The Levites had their offices assigned them in attending on it, ver. 16-24. II. How it was done more successfully than before, ver. 25. 1. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on 1 Chronicles 15:1–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • City of David — 1 Chr 15:1
  • Jerusalem — 1 Chr 15:14

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