Passage Research
1 Samuel 13 — Sermon Preparation
With his army melting away before the Philistines, Saul offers the sacrifice himself rather than wait for Samuel, who then announces that Saul's dynasty will not endure. Below is a research summary for 1 Samuel 13, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 23
- verses
- 355 / 149
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 5
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
1 Samuel 13 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁאוּל | Shâʼûwl | H7586 | 15 | Shaul |
| פְּלִשְׁתִּי | Pᵉlishtîy | H6430 | 12 | Pelishtite |
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 12 | people, tribe |
| מִכְמָס | Mikmâç | H4363 | 5 | Mikmas, Mikmash |
| שְׁמוּאֵל | Shᵉmûwʼêl | H8050 | 6 | Shemuël |
| גִּלְגָּל | Gilgâl | H1537 | 5 | Gilgal |
| יוֹנָתָן | Yôwnâthân | H3129 | 5 | Jonathan |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on 1 Samuel 13, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“See how politic the Philistines were when they had power; they not only prevented the people of Israel from making weapons of war, but obliged them to depend upon their enemies, even for instruments of husbandry. How impolitic Saul was, who did not, in the beginning of his reign, set himself to redress this. Want of true sense always accompanies want of grace. Sins which appear to us very little, have dangerous consequences. Miserable is a guilty, defenceless nation; much more those who are destitute of the whole armour of God.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Samuel 13:15–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Michmash— 1 Sam 13:11
- Gilgal 1— 1 Sam 13:12
- Gibeah 1— 1 Sam 13:15
- Geba 1— 1 Sam 13:16
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