Passage Research
1 Chronicles 4 — Sermon Preparation
Additional clan registers for Judah are recorded, followed by the genealogy of Simeon and the towns they settled or seized. Below is a research summary for 1 Chronicles 4, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 43
- verses
- 475 / 271
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 4
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
1 Chronicles 4 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אָב | ʼâb | H1 | 16 | father |
| יָלַד | yâlad | H3205 | 10 | bear young, beget |
| 7 | ||||
| מִשְׁפָּחָה | mishpâchâh | H4940 | 5 | family, circle of relatives |
| יַעְבֵּץ | Yaʻbêts | H3258 | 3 | Jabets |
| יָשַׁב | yâshab | H3427 | 6 | sit, dwell |
| גְדֹר | Gᵉdôr | H1446 | 3 | Gedor |
How preachers through history handled this text
4 public-domain excerpts on 1 Chronicles 4, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“In this chapter we have, I. A further account of the genealogies of the tribe of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes. The posterity of Shobal the son of Hur (ver. 1-4), of Ashur the posthumous son of Hezron (who was mentioned, ii. 24), with something particular concerning Jabez (ver. 5-10), of Chelub and others (ver. 11-20), of Shelah, ver. 21-23. II. An account of the posterity and cities of Simeon, their conquest of Gedon, and of the Amalekites in Mount Seir, ver. 24-43. The Sons of Judah; The Prayer of Jabez. (b. c. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on 1 Chronicles 4:1–43 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Ir-nahash— 1 Chr 4:12
- Recah— 1 Chr 4:12
- Ge-harashim— 1 Chr 4:14
- Gedor 3— 1 Chr 4:18
- Beth-ashbea— 1 Chr 4:21
- Cozeba— 1 Chr 4:22
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