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1 Samuel 19 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for 1 Samuel 19, 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 19 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
שָׁאוּל Shâʼûwl H7586 22 Shaul
דָּוִד Dâvid H1732 21 David
רָמָה râmâh H7411 7 hurl, shoot
מַלְאָךְ malʼâk H4397 8 messenger, angel
נָוִית Nâvîyth H5121 5 Navith
יְהוֹנָתָן Yᵉhôwnâthân H3083 6 Jehonathan
מִיכָל Mîykâl H4324 5 Mikal

How preachers through history handled this text

4 public-domain excerpts on 1 Samuel 19, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 3 John Wesley 1

“Michal's stratagem to gain time till David got to a distance was allowable, but her falsehood had not even the plea of necessity to excuse it, and manifests that she was not influenced by the same spirit of piety which had dictated Jonathan's language to Saul. In flying to Samuel, David made God his refuge. Samuel, as a prophet, was best able to advise him what to do in this day of distress. He met with little rest or satisfaction in Saul's court, therefore went to seek it in Samuel's church. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Samuel 19:11–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Naioth — 1 Sam 19:18
  • Ramah 4 — 1 Sam 19:18

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