Passage Research
1 Samuel 20 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for 1 Samuel 20, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 42
- verses
- 703 / 197
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 11
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
1 Samuel 20 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יְהוֹנָתָן | Yᵉhôwnâthân | H3083 | 27 | Jehonathan |
| דָּוִד | Dâvid | H1732 | 24 | David |
| חִצִּי | chitstsîy | H2678 | 9 | arrow |
| נַעַר | naʻar | H5288 | 12 | boy, servant |
| אָב | ʼâb | H1 | 14 | father |
| יָדַע | yâdaʻ | H3045 | 10 | know, seeing |
| שָׁלַח | shâlach | H7971 | 8 | send |
How preachers through history handled this text
11 public-domain excerpts on 1 Samuel 20, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Jonathan faithfully promises that he would let David know how he found his father affected towards him. It will be kindness to ourselves and to ours, to secure an interest in those whom God favours, and to make his friends ours. True friendship rests on a firm basis, and is able to silence ambition, self-love, and undue regard for others. But who can fully understand the love of Jesus, who gave himself as a sacrifice for rebellious, polluted sinners! …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Samuel 20:11–23 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Naioth — 1 Sam 20:1
- Ramah 4 — 1 Sam 20:1
- Ezel — 1 Sam 20:19
- Bethlehem 1 — 1 Sam 20:28
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