Passage Research
1 Chronicles 18 — Sermon Preparation
David defeats the Philistines, Moabites, Zobahites, Edomites, and Arameans, extending Israel's territory and collecting tribute. Below is a research summary for 1 Chronicles 18, 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 18 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| דָּוִד | Dâvid | H1732 | 18 | David |
| הֲדַדְעֶזֶר | Hădadʻezer | H1909 | 7 | Hadadezer |
| נָכָה | nâkâh | H5221 | 7 | strike |
| אֱדֹם | ʼĔdôm | H123 | 4 | Edom |
| אֶלֶף | ʼeleph | H505 | 5 | thousand |
| אֲרָם | ʼĂrâm | H758 | 4 | Aram, Syria |
| נְחֹשֶׁת | nᵉchôsheth | H5178 | 4 | copper, coin |
How preachers through history handled this text
1 public-domain excerpts on 1 Chronicles 18, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“David's piety and his prayer we had an account of in the foregoing chapter; here follows immediately that which one might reasonably expect, an account of his prosperity; for those that seek first the kingdom of God and the righteousness thereof, as David did, shall have other things added to them as far as God sees good for them. Here is, I. His prosperity abroad. He conquered the Philistines (ver. 1), the Moabites (ver. 2), the king of Zobah (ver. 3, 4), the Syrians (ver. 5-8), made the king of Hamath his tributary (ver. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on 1 Chronicles 18:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Gath 1— 1 Chr 18:1
- Amalek— 1 Chr 18:11
- Ammon— 1 Chr 18:11
- Edom— 1 Chr 18:11
- Moab 1— 1 Chr 18:11
- Philistia— 1 Chr 18:11
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