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1 Chronicles 16 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for 1 Chronicles 16, 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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verses
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Hebrew words / lemmas
7
classic sermon excerpts
3
preachers & commentators

1 Chronicles 16 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
יָדָה yâdâh H3034 6 throw, revere
עַם ʻam H5971 8 people, tribe
יְדוּתוּן Yᵉdûwthûwn H3038 4 Jeduthun
עוֹלָם ʻôwlâm H5769 6 concealed, vanishing
אָרוֹן ʼârôwn H727 5 box
אָסָף ʼÂçâph H623 4 Asaph
שֵׁם shêm H8034 6 appellation, honor

How preachers through history handled this text

7 public-domain excerpts on 1 Chronicles 16, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 4 Spurgeon 2 John Wesley 1

“This chapter concludes that great affair of the settlement of the ark in the royal city, and with it the settlement of the public worship of God during the reign of David. Here is, I. The solemnity with which the ark was fixed, ver. 1-6. II. The psalm David gave to be sung on this occasion, ver. 7-36. III. The settling of the stated public worship of God in order thenceforward, ver. 37-43. The Settlement of the Ark. (b. c. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on 1 Chronicles 16:1–43 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Canaan — 1 Chr 16:18
  • Gibeon — 1 Chr 16:39

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