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1 Samuel 9 — Sermon Preparation
Saul, a tall and handsome Benjaminite, goes searching for his father's lost donkeys and is divinely guided to the prophet Samuel. Below is a research summary for 1 Samuel 9, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 27
- verses
- 495 / 162
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 9
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
1 Samuel 9 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁאוּל | Shâʼûwl | H7586 | 19 | Shaul |
| שְׁמוּאֵל | Shᵉmûwʼêl | H8050 | 11 | Shemuël |
| יָלַךְ | yâlak | H3212 | 10 | walk, carry |
| רֹאֶה | rôʼeh | H7203 | 5 | seer, vision |
| עִיר | ʻîyr | H5892 | 9 | city, waking |
| נַעַר | naʻar | H5288 | 7 | boy, servant |
| מָצָא | mâtsâʼ | H4672 | 7 | come, appear |
How preachers through history handled this text
9 public-domain excerpts on 1 Samuel 9, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Samuel, that good prophet, was so far from envying Saul, or bearing him any ill-will, that he was the first and most forward to do him honour. Both that evening and early the next morning, Samuel communed with Saul upon the flat roof of the house. We may suppose Samuel now convinced Saul that he was the person God had fixed upon for the government, and of his own willingness to resign. How different are the purposes of the Lord for us, from our intentions for ourselves! …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Samuel 9:18–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Shaalim— 1 Sam 9:4
- Shalishah— 1 Sam 9:4
- Zuph— 1 Sam 9:5
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