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1 Chronicles 29 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for 1 Chronicles 29, 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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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

1 Chronicles 29 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
נָדַב nâdab H5068 7 to impel, to volunteer
אֶלֶף ʼeleph H505 10 thousand
דָּוִד Dâvid H1732 10 David
זָהָב zâhâb H2091 8 gold, something gold-colored
כִּכָּר kikkâr H3603 6 circle, Ghor
שְׁלֹמֹה Shᵉlômôh H8010 7 Shelomah
כֶּסֶף keçeph H3701 7 silver, pale

How preachers through history handled this text

7 public-domain excerpts on 1 Chronicles 29, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 5 Alexander MacLaren 1 John Wesley 1

“We cannot form a right idea of the magnificence of the temple, and the buildings around it, about which such quantities of gold and silver were employed. But the unsearchable riches of Christ exceed the splendour of the temple, infinitely more than that surpassed the meanest cottage on earth. Instead of boasting of these large oblations, David gave solemn thanks to the Lord. All they gave for the Lord's temple was his own; if they attempted to keep it, death would soon have removed them from it. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Chronicles 29:10–19 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Hebron — 1 Chr 29:27
  • Jerusalem — 1 Chr 29:27
  • Ophir — 1 Chr 29:4

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