Sermon Tone Analysis
Overall tone of the sermon
This automated analysis scores the text on the likely presence of emotional, language, and social tones. There are no right or wrong scores; this is just an indication of tones readers or listeners may pick up from the text.
A score of 0.5 or higher indicates the tone is likely present.
Emotion Tone
Anger
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Disgust
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Fear
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Joy
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Sadness
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Language Tone
Analytical
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Confident
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Tentative
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Social Tone
Openness
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Conscientiousness
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Extraversion
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Agreeableness
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Emotional Range
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Tone of specific sentences
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Eli (1 Sa 1:3; 9; 12; 13; 14; 17; 25; 2:11; 12; 20…)
Hophni (1 Sa 1:3; 2:34; 4:4; 11; 17)
Ichabod (1 Sa 4:21; 14:3)
Phinehas (Ex 6:25; Nu 25:7; 11; 31:6; Jos 22:13; 30; 31; 32; 24:33; Jdg 20:28…)
Phinehas (1 Sa 1:3; 2:34; 4:4; 17; 19; 14:3)
Samuel (1 Sa 1:20; 2:18; 21; 26; 3:1; 3; 4; 6; 7; 8…)
II.
The Attacks (4:1–22): The Israelites engage in war with the Philistines.
A. *The defeats* (4:1–11): The Israelites suffer two defeats by the Philistines.
1. /First defeat/ (4:1–9)
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The routing (4:1–2): The Philistines kill 4,000 Israelites in the first encounter.
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The rallying (4:3–9): The Ark of the Covenant is carried to the battlefield to encourage Israel and frighten the Philistines.
But the Philistines stage a rally!
2. /Second defeat/ (4:10–11): The Philistines kill 30,000 Israelites, including Eli’s sons, Hophni and Phinehas, and capture the Ark of the Covenant.
B. *The despair* (4:12–22)
1. /Of Eli/ (4:12–18)
a. His anxiety (4:12–16): Eli sits near the gate of Shiloh, fearfully awaiting news of the battle and the Ark.
b.
His accident (4:17–18): Hearing of Israel’s defeat, the death of his sons, and the capture of the Ark, Eli falls from his seat, breaks his neck, and dies!
2. /Of Eli/’/s daughter-in-law/ (4:19–22)
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The tragic news (4:19–20): When Phinehas’s pregnant wife hears that her husband and father-in-law are dead and the Ark has been captured, she goes into labor and dies in childbirth.
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The tragic name (4:21–22): Just before her death, Phinehas’s wife names her infant son Ichabod, meaning “Where is the glory?”
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