"And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh."
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Verse 1 Samuel 6:12. _LOWING AS THEY WENT_] Calling for their calves.
TO _THE RIGHT HAND OR_ TO _THE LEFT_] Some think they were placed
where two roads met; one going to _Ekron_, the other to
_Beth-s...
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LOWING AS THEY WENT - Milking cows had been chosen on purpose to make
the sign more significant. Nature would obviously dispose the cows to
go toward their calves; their going in an opposite direction...
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CHAPTER S 6:1-7:2
_ 1. The counsel of the Philistines (1 Samuel 6:1)_
2. The ark at Beth-shemesh (1 Samuel 6:10)
3. The ark at Kirjath-jearim (1 Samuel 6:21; 1 Samuel 7:1)
The ark had remained amon...
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1 SAMUEL 6:1 TO 1 SAMUEL 7:1. ARK BROUGHT BACK TO BETH-SHEMESH; PLAGUE
BREAKS OUT THERE; ARK HOUSED AT KIRIATH-JEARIM.
1 Samuel 6:1 may not belong to the main story; 2 would be a better
continuation...
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The plan carried out and the Ark restored to Israel
12. _took the straight way to the way of Beth-skemesh_ Better, WENT
STRAIGHT FORWARD ON THE ROAD TO BETH-SHEMESH.
_lowing as they went_ For their...
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_The Ark Returned._ 1 Samuel 6:10-18
10 And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the
cart, and shut up their calves at home:
11 And they laid the ark of the Lord upon the cart, a...
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_AND THE KINE TOOK THE STRAIGHT WAY TO THE WAY OF BETH-SHE'MESH, AND
WENT ALONG THE HIGHWAY, LOWING AS_ _ THEY WENT, AND TURNED NOT ASIDE
TO THE RIGHT HAND OR TO THE LEFT; AND THE LORDS OF THE PHILIST...
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THE PHILISTINES RETURN THE ARK TO ISRAEL
2. The diviners] The Philistines appear to have been notorious for
their attachment to divination: see on Isaiah 2:6....
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ISRAEL’S FIRST KING
1 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 6
THE *PHILISTINES RETURN THE *ARK OF GOD TO *ISRAEL
V1 The *Philistines had the *ark of the Lord in their country for 7
months. V2 Then they...
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WENT ALONG THE HIGHWAY, LOWING. — But the dumb beasts did what the
idol priests and diviners scarcely considered possible, for God’s
hand drove them. The narrative here throughout is evidently unadorn...
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וַ יִשַּׁ֨רְנָה הַ פָּרֹ֜ות בַּ †
דֶּ֗רֶךְ עַל ־דֶּ֨רֶךְ֙ בֵּ֣ית
שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ בִּ מְסִלָּ֣ה אַחַ֗ת
הָלְכ֤וּ...
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CHAPTER VII.
_ THE ARK AMONG THE PHILISTINES._
1 Samuel 5:1; 1 Samuel 6:1
ALTHOUGH the history in Samuel is silent as to the doings of the
Philistines immediately after their great victory over Isra...
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RETURNED WITH A TRESPASS-OFFERING
1 Samuel 6:1
There is reason to suppose that when the Philistines got possession of
the Ark, they destroyed Shiloh. See Psalms 78:60; Psalms 78:64;
Jeremiah 26:9. T...
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The authorities in Philistia now called a council, and sought the
advice of their diviners. It is intensely interesting to observe how
unanimously they recognized the action of Jehovah. Whatever the l...
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And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, [and]
went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside [to]
the right hand or [to] the left; and the lords of the Philist...
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CHAPTER VI....
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(10) В¶ And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them
to the cart, and shut up their calves at home: (11) And they laid the
ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of...
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The first Book of Samuel (or of Kings as with some) brings before us
that great change for which the Book of Ruth was a preparation, and in
order to which the Spirit of God closed it with the generati...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4, 5, AND 6.
In chapter 4 the enemies of God and of His people display their
strength; the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel. God,
in overrul...
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AND THE KINE TOOK THE STRAIGHT WAY TO THE WAY OF BETHSHEMESH,....
Though they had none to drive, lead, or guide them, yet they steered
their course to the road that led to Bethshemesh, though there we...
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_And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, [and]
went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside [to]
the right hand or [to] the left; and the lords of the Philis...
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_The kine took the straight way to Beth-shemesh_ Though they had no
driver, nor visible director, and had such strong attractives to draw
them back, and there were so many other ways in which they mig...
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1 After seuen moneths the Philistines take counsell, how to send backe
the Arke.
10 They bring it on a new cart with an offering vnto Bethshemesh.
19 The people are smitten for looking into the Arke...
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The Ark sent back to Beth-Shemesh....
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The seven months during which the Philistines had possessor of the ark
was a full time in which to prove the severity of God's hand in solemn
displeasure. How could they bear it any longer? There is a...
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10-18 These two kine knew their owner, their great Owner, whom Hophin
and Phinehas knew not. God's providence takes notice even of brute
creatures, and serves its own purposes by them. When the reaper...
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TO THE WAY OF BETH-SHEMESH, i.e. leading to Beth-shemesh, a city of
the priests, JOSHUA 21:16, who were by office to take care of it.
LOWING AS THEY WENT; testifying at once both their natural and
veh...
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1 Samuel 6:12 cows H6510 straight H3474 (H8799) H1870 road H1870
Shemesh H1053 along H1980 (H8804) highway H4546 H259 lowing H1600
(H8800) went H1980 (H8800) aside H5493 (H8804) hand H3225 left H8040...
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CHAPTER 6.
The Ark of God Is Returned to Israel With Due Tributes and Reparations
(1 Samuel 6:1).
Having determined to return the Ark to Israel the Philistines had a
problem. How were they going to...
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CONTENTS: Ark brought to Joshua.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The Word of God in the hands of the world brings them
condemnation (1 Samuel 6:2) causing them to seek to get rid of it. By
refusing to...
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1 Samuel 6:2. _The ark of the Lord_Hebrews of _Jehovah._ The
Philistines knew the name of the Lord; and had heard of his wondrous
works in Egypt, 1 Samuel 6:6. They had great light, as indeed all the...
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_Lowing as they went._
THE HEART GOING TOWARD HEAVEN
How many, many times have men gone by their tears to the gate of
heaven who never could have been drawn there by the mere presentation
of truth....
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 6:12 BETH-SHEMESH was partway up the Sorek
Valley, connecting Israel and Philistia. It was the scene of many of
Samson’s exploits. It is listed among the Levitical cities in...
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
1 Samuel 6:1. “COUNTRY,” literally the _field_. It probably
signifies the _cultivated plain_.
1 Samuel 6:2. “DIVINERS.” “That is, the organs of the Deity, who
reveal H...
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EXPOSITION
RESTORATION OF THE ARK TO THE ISRAELITES (1 Samuel 6:1).
1 SAMUEL 6:1, 1 SAMUEL 6:2
THE ARK OF JEHOVAH WAS IN THE COUNTRY—literally, the field, _i.e._
the territory—OF THE PHILISTINES SEV...
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So they called some of their diviners and seers and all, and they
said, "What shall we do with this thing? So they said, Well the thing
is, send it back to the people of Israel. But don't send it back...
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1 Samuel 6:12...
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Beth — shemesh — A city of the priests, who were by office to take
care of it. Loving — Testifying at once both their natural and
vehement inclination to their calves, and the supernatural power which...