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1 Chronicles 18 — Sermon Preparation

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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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.

Matthew Henry 1

“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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