Passage Research
1 Samuel 27 — Sermon Preparation
David defects to the Philistine king Achish and receives the town of Ziklag as his base, raiding neighboring peoples while deceiving Achish about his true targets. Below is a research summary for 1 Samuel 27, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 12
- verses
- 209 / 104
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 5
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
1 Samuel 27 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| דָּוִד | Dâvid | H1732 | 13 | David |
| אֲכִישׁ | ʼĂkîysh | H397 | 7 | Akish |
| גַּת | Gath | H1661 | 4 | Gath |
| יָשַׁב | yâshab | H3427 | 6 | sit, dwell |
| מָלַט | mâlaṭ | H4422 | 3 | be smooth, escape |
| נֶגֶב | negeb | H5045 | 3 | south, Negeb |
| אִשָּׁה | ʼishshâh | H802 | 4 | woman |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on 1 Samuel 27, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“David was a man after God's own heart, and yet he had his faults, which are recorded, not for our imitation, but for our admonition; witness the story of this chapter, in which, though, I. We find, to his praise, that he prudently took care of his own safety and his family's (ver. 2-4) and valiantly fought Israel's battles against the Canaanites (ver. 8-9), yet, II. We find, to his dishonour, 1. That he began to despair of his deliverance, ver. 1. 2. That he deserted his own country, and went to dwell in the land of the Philistines, ver. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on 1 Samuel 27:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Negeb— 1 Sam 27:10
- Gath 1— 1 Sam 27:11
- Carmel 1— 1 Sam 27:3
- Jezreel 3— 1 Sam 27:3
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