Passage Research
1 Samuel 12 — Sermon Preparation
Samuel delivers his farewell speech as judge, defends his integrity, reviews Israel's history of unfaithfulness, and calls the people to fear God under their new king. Below is a research summary for 1 Samuel 12, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 25
- verses
- 425 / 142
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 9
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
1 Samuel 12 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שְׁמוּאֵל | Shᵉmûwʼêl | H8050 | 7 | Shemuël |
| יָד | yâd | H3027 | 9 | hand, open |
| עָבַד | ʻâbad | H5647 | 5 | work, serve |
| קוֹל | qôwl | H6963 | 5 | voice, sound |
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 6 | people, tribe |
| אָב | ʼâb | H1 | 5 | father |
| יָרֵא | yârêʼ | H3372 | 4 | fear, revere |
How preachers through history handled this text
9 public-domain excerpts on 1 Samuel 12, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“At Samuel's word, God sent thunder and rain, at a season of the year when, in that country, the like was not seen. This was to convince them they had done wickedly in asking a king; not only by its coming at an unusual time, in wheat harvest, and on a clear day, but by the prophet's giving notice of it before. He showed their folly in desiring a king to save them, rather than God, or Samuel; promising themselves more from an arm of flesh, than from the arm of God, or from the power of prayer. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Samuel 12:16–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Ammon— 1 Sam 12:12
- Egypt— 1 Sam 12:6
- Hazor 1— 1 Sam 12:9
- Moab 1— 1 Sam 12:9
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