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2 Samuel 10 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for 2 Samuel 10, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 19
- verses
- 314 / 126
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 7
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
2 Samuel 10 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֲרָם | ʼĂrâm | H758 | 13 | Aram, Syria |
| עַמּוֹן | ʻAmmôwn | H5983 | 11 | Ammon |
| דָּוִד | Dâvid | H1732 | 12 | David |
| שָׁלַח | shâlach | H7971 | 8 | send |
| חָנוּן | Chânûwn | H2586 | 4 | Chanun |
| עָרַךְ | ʻârak | H6186 | 4 | row, arrange |
| קִרְאָה | qirʼâh | H7125 | 4 | encountering, opposite |
How preachers through history handled this text
7 public-domain excerpts on 2 Samuel 10, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“This chapter gives us an account of a war David has with the Ammonites and the Syrians their allies, with the occasion and success of it. I. David sent a friendly embassy to Hanun king of the Ammonites, ver. 1, 2. II. He, upon a base surmise that it was ill intended, abused David's ambassadors, ver. 3, 4. III. David resenting it (ver. 5), and the Ammonites prepared for war against him, ver. 6. IV. David carried the war into their country, sent against them. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on 2 Samuel 10:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Ammon — 2 Sam 10:1
- Syria 1 — 2 Sam 10:11
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