Passage Research
1 Chronicles 26 — Sermon Preparation
The divisions of the gatekeepers and the officials responsible for the temple treasuries and administrative duties throughout Israel are listed. Below is a research summary for 1 Chronicles 26, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 32
- verses
- 355 / 171
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 2
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
1 Chronicles 26 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אָח | ʼâch | H251 | 11 | brother |
| חַיִל | chayil | H2428 | 7 | force, army |
| עֹבֵד אֱדוֹם | ʻÔbêd ʼĔdôwm | H5654 | 5 | Obed-Edom |
| חֶבְרוֹנִי | Chebrôwnîy | H2276 | 4 | Chebronite |
| רֹאשׁ | rôʼsh | H7218 | 7 | head |
| אוֹצָר | ʼôwtsâr | H214 | 5 | depository |
| אָב | ʼâb | H1 | 7 | father |
How preachers through history handled this text
2 public-domain excerpts on 1 Chronicles 26, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“We have here an account of the business of the Levites. That tribe had made but a very small figure all the time of the judges, till Eli and Samuel appeared. But when David revived religion the Levites were, of all men, in the greatest reputation. And happy it was that they had Levites who were men of sense, fit to support the honour of their tribe. We have here an account, I. Of the Levites that were appointed to be porters, ver. 1-19. II. Of those that were appointed to be treasurers and storekeepers, ver. 20-28. III. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on 1 Chronicles 26:1–32 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- East Gate— 1 Chr 26:14
- North Gate— 1 Chr 26:14
- South Gate— 1 Chr 26:15
- Shallecheth— 1 Chr 26:16
- West Gate— 1 Chr 26:16
- Parbar— 1 Chr 26:18
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