Passage Research
1 Samuel 29 — Sermon Preparation
The Philistine commanders refuse to have David fight alongside them, and Achish reluctantly sends David back to Ziklag before the battle against Israel. Below is a research summary for 1 Samuel 29, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 11
- verses
- 218 / 84
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 5
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
1 Samuel 29 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| פְּלִשְׁתִּי | Pᵉlishtîy | H6430 | 10 | Pelishtite |
| אֲכִישׁ | ʼĂkîysh | H397 | 5 | Akish |
| דָּוִד | Dâvid | H1732 | 8 | David |
| שַׂר | sar | H8269 | 5 | head |
| עַיִן | ʻayin | H5869 | 5 | eye, fountain |
| סֶרֶן | çeren | H5633 | 3 | axle, peer |
| שָׁכַם | shâkam | H7925 | 3 | load up, start early in the morning |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on 1 Samuel 29, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“How Saul, who was forsaken of God, when he was in a strait was more and more perplexed and embarrassed with his own counsels, we read in the foregoing chapter. In this chapter we find how David, who kept close to God, when he was in a strait was extricated and brought off by the providence of God, without any contrivance of his own. We have him, I. Marching with the Philistines, ver. 1, 2. II. Excepted against by the lords of the Philistines, ver. 3-5. III. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on 1 Samuel 29:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Aphek 2— 1 Sam 29:1
- Jezreel 2— 1 Sam 29:1
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