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1 Chronicles 4 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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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
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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.

Matthew Henry 1 Alexander MacLaren 1 Spurgeon 1 John Wesley 1

“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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