Passage Research
1 Samuel 22 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for 1 Samuel 22, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 23
- verses
- 419 / 148
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 6
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
1 Samuel 22 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| דָּוִד | Dâvid | H1732 | 11 | David |
| שָׁאוּל | Shâʼûwl | H7586 | 8 | Shaul |
| אֲחִימֶלֶךְ | ʼĂchîymelek | H288 | 5 | Achimelek |
| כֹּהֵן | kôhên | H3548 | 8 | officiating, priest |
| עֶבֶד | ʻebed | H5650 | 8 | servant |
| דֹּאֵג | Dôʼêg | H1673 | 4 | Doeg |
| אֲחִיטוּב | ʼĂchîyṭûwb | H285 | 4 | Achitub |
How preachers through history handled this text
6 public-domain excerpts on 1 Samuel 22, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“See the nature of jealous malice and its pitiful arts. Saul looks upon all about him as his enemies, because they do not just say as he says. In Ahimelech's answer to Saul we have the language of conscious innocence. But what wickedness will not the evil spirit hurry men to when he gets the dominion! Saul alleges that which was utterly false and unproved. But the most bloody tyrants have found instruments of their cruelty as barbarous as themselves. Doeg, having murdered the priests, went to the city, Nob, and put all to the sword there. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Samuel 22:6–19 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Adullam — 1 Sam 22:1
- Gath 1 — 1 Sam 22:1
- Nob — 1 Sam 22:11
- Mizpeh 3 — 1 Sam 22:3
- Moab 1 — 1 Sam 22:3
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