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1 Chronicles 24 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for 1 Chronicles 24, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

31
verses
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Hebrew words / lemmas
2
classic sermon excerpts
2
preachers & commentators

1 Chronicles 24 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
עָשָׂר ʻâsâr H6240 10 ten, -teen
אִיתָמָר ʼÎythâmâr H385 7 Ithamar
אֶלְעָזָר ʼElʻâzâr H499 8 Elazar
אָב ʼâb H1 9 father
רֹאשׁ rôʼsh H7218 6 head
עֶשְׂרִים ʻesrîym H6242 5 twenty, twentieth
יִשִּׁיָּה Yishshîyâh H3449 3 Jishshijah

How preachers through history handled this text

2 public-domain excerpts on 1 Chronicles 24, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“This chapter gives us a more particular account of the distribution of the priests and Levites into their respective classes, for the more regular discharge of the duties of their offices, according to their families. I. Of the priests, ver. 1-19. II. Of the Levites, ver. 20-31. The Courses of the Priests. (b. c. 1015.) 1 Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on 1 Chronicles 24:1–31 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Holy Place 2 — 1 Chr 24:5

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