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1 Chronicles 26 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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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.

Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“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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