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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.
- 27
- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 3
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- 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.
“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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