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1 Samuel 19 — Sermon Preparation
Saul orders David's death; Jonathan and then Michal help David escape, and he flees to Samuel at Ramah. 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.
- 24
- verses
- 395 / 132
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 4
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- 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.
“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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