Passage Research
1 Chronicles 20 — Sermon Preparation
Joab captures Rabbah, the Ammonite capital; David's warriors slay several giant descendants of the Rephaim in battles with the Philistines. Below is a research summary for 1 Chronicles 20, 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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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
1 Chronicles 20 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| דָּוִד | Dâvid | H1732 | 7 | David |
| נָכָה | nâkâh | H5221 | 4 | strike |
| רָפָא | râphâʼ | H7497 | 3 | giant |
| מְגֵרָה | mᵉgêrâh | H4050 | 2 | saw |
| מִלְחָמָה | milchâmâh | H4421 | 3 | battle, engagement |
| רַבָּה | Rabbâh | H7237 | 2 | Rabbah |
| גַּת | Gath | H1661 | 2 | Gath |
How preachers through history handled this text
2 public-domain excerpts on 1 Chronicles 20, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Here is a repetition of the story of David's wars, I. With the Ammonites, and the taking of Rabbah, ver. 1-3. II. With the giants of the Philistines, ver. 4-8. The Defeat of the Ammonites. (b. c. 1306.) 1 And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on 1 Chronicles 20:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Ammon— 1 Chr 20:1
- Jerusalem— 1 Chr 20:1
- Rabbah 1— 1 Chr 20:1
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