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1 Samuel 16 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for 1 Samuel 16, 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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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

1 Samuel 16 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
יִשַׁי Yishay H3448 13 Jishai
שְׁמוּאֵל Shᵉmûwʼêl H8050 11 Shemuël
שָׁאוּל Shâʼûwl H7586 11 Shaul
נָגַן nâgan H5059 5 thrum, beat
רוּחַ rûwach H7307 7 wind, breath
בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי Bêyth hal-Lachmîy H1022 4 Beth-lechemite
שָׁלַח shâlach H7971 7 send

How preachers through history handled this text

7 public-domain excerpts on 1 Samuel 16, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 4 Alexander MacLaren 1 Spurgeon 1 John Wesley 1

“Saul is made a terror to himself. The Spirit of the Lord departed from him. If God and his grace do not rule us, sin and Satan will have possession of us. The devil, by the Divine permission, troubled and terrified Saul, by the corrupt humours of his body, and passions of his mind. He grew fretful, peevish, and discontented, and at times a madman. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Samuel 16:14–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Bethlehem 1 — 1 Sam 16:1
  • Ramah 4 — 1 Sam 16:13

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