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1 Kings 17 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for 1 Kings 17, 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 Kings 17 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֵלִיָּה | ʼÊlîyâh | H452 | 9 | Elijah |
| דָּבָר | dâbâr | H1697 | 9 | word, matter |
| יָלַךְ | yâlak | H3212 | 7 | walk, carry |
| נַחַל | nachal | H5158 | 5 | stream, torrent |
| יֶלֶד | yeled | H3206 | 4 | something born, lad |
| צַפַּחַת | tsappachath | H6835 | 3 | a saucer |
| קֶמַח | qemach | H7058 | 3 | flour |
How preachers through history handled this text
11 public-domain excerpts on 1 Kings 17, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Neither faith nor obedience shut out afflictions and death. The child being dead, the mother spake to the prophet, rather to give vent to her sorrow, than in hope of relief. When God removes our comforts from us, he remembers our sins against us, perhaps the sins of our youth, though long since past. When God remembers our sins against us, he designs to teach us to remember them against ourselves, and to repent of them. Elijah's prayer was doubtless directed by the Holy Spirit. The child revived. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Kings 17:17–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Gilead 1 — 1 Kgs 17:1
- Tishbe — 1 Kgs 17:1
- Zarephath — 1 Kgs 17:10
- Cherith — 1 Kgs 17:3
- Jordan — 1 Kgs 17:3
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