Passage Research
1 Kings 20 — Sermon Preparation
Ben-Hadad of Aram besieges Samaria and makes sweeping demands; Israel defeats the Arameans in two battles with God's assurance of victory. Below is a research summary for 1 Kings 20, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 43
- verses
- 746 / 200
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 11
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
1 Kings 20 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בֶּן־הֲדַד | Ben-Hădad | H1130 | 23 | Ben-Hadad |
| אֲרָם | ʼĂrâm | H758 | 10 | Aram, Syria |
| נָכָה | nâkâh | H5221 | 11 | strike |
| שָׁלַח | shâlach | H7971 | 10 | send |
| יָצָא | yâtsâʼ | H3318 | 10 | go, bring |
| עֶבֶד | ʻebed | H5650 | 9 | servant |
| שׂוּם | sûwm | H7760 | 7 | put |
How preachers through history handled this text
11 public-domain excerpts on 1 Kings 20, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“This encouragement sinners have to repent and humble themselves before God; Have we not heard, that the God of Israel is a merciful God? Have we not found him so? That is gospel repentance, which flows from an apprehension of the mercy of God, in Christ; there is forgiveness with him. What a change is here! The most haughty in prosperity often are most abject in adversity; an evil spirit will thus affect a man in both these conditions. There are those on whom, like Ahab, success is ill bestowed; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Kings 20:31–43 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Samaria 1— 1 Kgs 20:1
- Syria 1— 1 Kgs 20:1
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