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1 Kings 22 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for 1 Kings 22, 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 22 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
יְהוֹשָׁפָט Yᵉhôwshâphâṭ H3092 22 Jehoshaphat
מִיכָיְהוּ Mîykâyᵉhûw H4321 9 Mikajah
רָמֹת גִּלעָד Râmôth Gilʻâd H7433 7 Ramoth-Gilad
גִּלְעָד Gilʻâd H1568 7 Gilad
דָּבָר dâbâr H1697 10 word, matter
אַחְאָב ʼAchʼâb H256 6 Achab
נָבִיא nâbîyʼ H5030 7 prophet, inspired man

How preachers through history handled this text

9 public-domain excerpts on 1 Kings 22, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 5 Alexander MacLaren 3 John Wesley 1

“Ahab basely intended to betray Johoshaphat to danger, that he might secure himself. See what they get that join with wicked men. How can it be expected that he should be true to his friend, who has been false to his God! He had said in compliment to Ahab, I am as thou art, and now he was indeed taken for him. Those that associate with evil-doers, are in danger of sharing in their plagues. By Jehoshaphat's deliverance, God let him know, that though he was displeased with him, yet he had not deserted him. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Kings 22:29–50 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Syria 1 — 1 Kgs 22:1
  • Samaria 1 — 1 Kgs 22:10
  • Ramoth-gilead — 1 Kgs 22:12

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