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1 Samuel 21 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for 1 Samuel 21, 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 21 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
דָּוִד Dâvid H1732 11 David
לֶחֶם lechem H3899 6 food, bread
אֲחִימֶלֶךְ ʼĂchîymelek H288 4 Achimelek
אֲכִישׁ ʼĂkîysh H397 4 Akish
כֹּהֵן kôhên H3548 6 officiating, priest
שָׁגַע shâgaʻ H7696 3 rave through insanity
יָד yâd H3027 6 hand, open

How preachers through history handled this text

5 public-domain excerpts on 1 Samuel 21, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 3 Spurgeon 1 John Wesley 1

“God's persecuted people have often found better usage from Philistines than from Israelites. David had reason to put confidence in Achish, yet he began to be afraid. His conduct was degrading, and discovered wavering in his faith and courage. The more simply we depend on God, and obey him, the more comfortably and surely we shall walk through this troublesome world.”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Samuel 21:10–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Nob — 1 Sam 21:1
  • Gath 1 — 1 Sam 21:10
  • Valley of Elah — 1 Sam 21:9

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