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1 Kings 13 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for 1 Kings 13, 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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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
1 Kings 13 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שׁוּב | shûwb | H7725 | 16 | turn, return |
| נְבֵלָה | nᵉbêlâh | H5038 | 10 | flabby, carcase |
| דָּבָר | dâbâr | H1697 | 15 | word, matter |
| דֶּרֶךְ | derek | H1870 | 12 | road, trodden |
| לֶחֶם | lechem | H3899 | 10 | food, bread |
| מִזְבֵּחַ | mizbêach | H4196 | 10 | altar |
| שָׁתָה | shâthâh | H8354 | 9 | imbibe |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on 1 Kings 13, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The old prophet's conduct proves that he was not really a godly man. When the change took place under Jeroboam, he preferred his ease and interest to his religion. He took a very bad method to bring the good prophet back. It was all a lie. Believers are most in danger of being drawn from their duty by plausible pretences of holiness. We may wonder that the wicked prophet went unpunished, while the holy man of God was suddenly and severely punished. What shall we make of this? The judgments of God are beyond our power to fathom; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Kings 13:11–22 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Bethel 1 — 1 Kgs 13:1
- Samaria 1 — 1 Kgs 13:32
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