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2 Chronicles 9 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for 2 Chronicles 9, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

31
verses
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Hebrew words / lemmas
4
classic sermon excerpts
2
preachers & commentators

2 Chronicles 9 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
שְׁלֹמֹה Shᵉlômôh H8010 21 Shelomah
זָהָב zâhâb H2091 16 gold, something gold-colored
חׇכְמָה chokmâh H2451 6 wisdom
נָתַן nâthan H5414 9 give, put
דָּבָר dâbâr H1697 8 word, matter
שְׁבָא Shᵉbâʼ H7614 4 Sheba
מֵאָה mêʼâh H3967 6 hundred

How preachers through history handled this text

4 public-domain excerpts on 2 Chronicles 9, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 3 John Wesley 1

“Solomon here continues to appear great both at home and abroad. We had this account of his grandeur, 1 Kings x. Nothing is here added; but his defection towards his latter end, which we have there (ch. xi.), is here omitted, and the close of this chapter brings him to the grave with an unstained reputation. Perhaps none of the chapters in the Chronicles agree so much with a chapter in the Kings as this does with 1 Kings x. verse for verse, only that the first two verses there are put into one here, and verse 25 here is taken from 1 Kings iv. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on 2 Chronicles 9:1–31 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Jerusalem — 2 Chr 9:1
  • Sheba 1 — 2 Chr 9:1
  • Ophir — 2 Chr 9:10
  • Arabia 1 — 2 Chr 9:14
  • House of the Forest of Lebanon — 2 Chr 9:16

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