Passage Research
1 Samuel 8 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for 1 Samuel 8, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 22
- verses
- 271 / 112
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 5
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
1 Samuel 8 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שְׁמוּאֵל | Shᵉmûwʼêl | H8050 | 10 | Shemuël |
| שָׁפַט | shâphaṭ | H8199 | 5 | judge, sentence |
| לָקַח | lâqach | H3947 | 5 | take |
| שָׁמַע | shâmaʻ | H8085 | 5 | hear, tell |
| מָלַךְ | mâlak | H4427 | 4 | reign, ascend the throne |
| קוֹל | qôwl | H6963 | 4 | voice, sound |
| שׂוּם | sûwm | H7760 | 4 | put |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on 1 Samuel 8, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“If they would have a king to rule them, as the eastern kings ruled their subjects, they would find the yoke exceedingly heavy. Those that submit to the government of the world and the flesh, are told plainly, what hard masters they are, and what tyranny the dominion of sin is. The law of God and the manner of men widely differ from each other; the former should be our rule in the several relations of life; the latter should be the measure of our expectations from others. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Samuel 8:10–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Beersheba 1 — 1 Sam 8:2
- Ramah 4 — 1 Sam 8:4
- Egypt — 1 Sam 8:8
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