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1 Chronicles 17 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for 1 Chronicles 17, 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
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preachers & commentators

1 Chronicles 17 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
עֶבֶד ʻebed H5650 12 servant
עוֹלָם ʻôwlâm H5769 8 concealed, vanishing
דָּוִד Dâvid H1732 9 David
עַם ʻam H5971 9 people, tribe
נָתָן Nâthân H5416 4 Nathan
בָּנָה bânâh H1129 5 build
דָבַר dâbar H1696 6 arrange, speak

How preachers through history handled this text

3 public-domain excerpts on 1 Chronicles 17, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 1 Alexander MacLaren 1 John Wesley 1

“This excellent chapter is the same with 2 Sam. vii. It will be worth while to look back upon what was there said upon it. Two things in general we have in it:--I. God's gracious acceptance of David's purpose to build him a house, and the promise he made thereupon, ver. 1-15. II. David's gracious acceptance of God's good promise to build him a house, and the prayer he made thereupon, ver. 16-27. God's Promise to David. (b. c. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on 1 Chronicles 17:1–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Egypt — 1 Chr 17:21

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