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1 Samuel 30 — Sermon Preparation
David returns to find Ziklag burned and all its people taken captive by the Amalekites; he pursues them, recovers every captive, and distributes the plunder fairly. Below is a research summary for 1 Samuel 30, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 31
- verses
- 487 / 178
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 14
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
1 Samuel 30 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| דָּוִד | Dâvid | H1732 | 28 | David |
| שָׁלָל | shâlâl | H7998 | 6 | booty |
| צִקְלַג | Tsiqlag | H6860 | 5 | Tsiklag, Tsikelag |
| גְּדוּד | gᵉdûwd | H1416 | 4 | crowd |
| נָצַל | nâtsal | H5337 | 5 | snatch |
| בְּשׂוֹר | Bᵉsôwr | H1308 | 3 | Besor |
| אִשָּׁה | ʼishshâh | H802 | 6 | woman |
How preachers through history handled this text
14 public-domain excerpts on 1 Samuel 30, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“What God gives us, he designs we should do good with. In distributing the spoil, David was just and kind. Those are men of Belial indeed, who delight in putting hardships upon their brethren, and care not who is starved, so that they may be fed to the full. David was generous and kind to all his friends. Those who consider the Lord as the Giver of their abundance, will dispose of it with fairness and liberality.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Samuel 30:21–31 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Negeb— 1 Sam 30:1
- Ziklag— 1 Sam 30:1
- Besor— 1 Sam 30:10
- Egypt— 1 Sam 30:13
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