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1 Chronicles 5 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for 1 Chronicles 5, 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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1 Chronicles 5 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
יָלַד yâlad H3205 21 bear young, beget
עֲזַרְיָה ʻĂzaryâh H5838 6 Azarjah
תִּגְלַת פִּלְאֶסֶר Tiglath Pilʼeçer H8407 4 Tiglath-Pileser, Tilgath-pilneser
אֲחִיטוּב ʼĂchîyṭûwb H285 4 Achitub
אֲמַרְיָה ʼĂmaryâh H568 4 Amarjah
יָשַׁב yâshab H3427 7 sit, dwell
צָדוֹק Tsâdôwq H6659 4 Tsadok

How preachers through history handled this text

2 public-domain excerpts on 1 Chronicles 5, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“This chapter gives us some account of the two tribes and a half that were seated on the other side Jordan. I. Of Reuben, ver. 1-10. II. Of Gad, ver. 11-17. III. Of the half-tribe of Manasseh, ver. 23, 24. IV. Concerning all three acting in conjunction we are told, 1. How they conquered the Hagarites, ver. 18-22. 2. How they were, at length, themselves conquered, and made captives, by the king of Assyria, because they had forsaken God, ver. 25, 26. Genealogies. (b. c. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on 1 Chronicles 5:1–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Gilead 1 — 1 Chr 5:10
  • Bashan — 1 Chr 5:11
  • Salecah — 1 Chr 5:11

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