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Verse 1 Samuel 6:21. _TO THE INHABITANTS OF KIRJATH-JEARIM_] They
wished the ark away out of their village, but why they sent to this
city instead of sending to _Shiloh_, does not appear: probably Shi...
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KIRJATH-JEARIM - See Joshua 9:17 note. It has been thought that there
was a high place at Kirjath-jearim (the hill, 1 Samuel 7:1), the
remnant of its old pagan sanctity when it was called Kirjath-Baal...
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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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_Kirjath-jearim_ i.e. "_city of forests_," originally belonged to the
Gibeonites (Joshua 9:17), and was one of the frontier cities of Judah
(Joshua 15:9).
The site is probably to be fixed at the mode...
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THE MEN OF BETH-SHEMESH SMITTEN. 1 SAMUEL 6:19-21
19 And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into
the ark of the Lord, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and
threescore...
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_AND THEY SENT MESSENGERS TO THE INHABITANTS OF KIRJATH-JE'ARIM,
SAYING, THE PHILISTINES HAVE BROUGHT AGAIN THE ARK OF THE LORD; COME
YE DOWN, AND FETCH IT UP TO YOU._
They sent messengers to the inh...
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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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KIRJATH-JEARIM. — Kirjath-jearim should be spelt and pronounced
Kirjatb-jearim, the “city of woods” (wood-ville, wood-town,
wooton). Its modern name is Kurzet-el-Erab, “the city of grapes,”
the woods...
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וַֽ יִּשְׁלְחוּ֙ מַלְאָכִ֔ים אֶל
־יֹושְׁבֵ֥י קִרְיַת־יְעָרִ֖ים לֵ
אמֹ֑ר הֵשִׁ֤בוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ אֶת
־אֲרֹ֣ון יְהוָ֔ה ר
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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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RASHNESS PUNISHED; REVERENCE BLESSED
1 Samuel 6:13; 1 Samuel 7:1
The new cart, with its precious burden, must have come upon the men of
Beth-shemesh like an apparition. The Ark was welcomed by them,...
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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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Up. This is the import of the Hebrew. The Vulgate reducite, "bring it
back," insinuates, that the Bethsamites desired the people of
Cariathiarim to convey the ark to their city, on the road to Silo,
w...
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(21) And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim,
saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come
ye down, and fetch it up to you.
Kirjath-jearim means the city o...
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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 THEY SENT MESSENGERS TO THE INHABITANTS OF KIRJATHJEARIM,....
Which was a city further on in the tribe of Judah, and lay among some
woods, from whence it had its name, and was formerly called
Kirj...
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And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying,
The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down,
[and] fetch it up to you.
Ver. 21. _Fetch it up to you,_] v...
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_Kirjath-jearim_ Whither they sent, either because the place was not
far off from them, and so it might soon be removed: or, because it was
a place of eminence and strength, and somewhat farther dista...
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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 ACCEPTED, BUT THE PEOPLE SLAIN...
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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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19-21 It is a great affront to God, for vain men to pry into, and
meddle with the secret things which belong not to them, Deuteronomy
29:29; Colossians 2:18. Man was ruined by desiring forbidden
know...
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They sent to Kirjath-jearim, either because the place was not far from
them, and so it might soon be removed, which they mainly desired; or
because it was a place of eminency and strength, and somewha...
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1 Samuel 6:21 sent H7971 (H8799) messengers H4397 inhabitants H3427
(H8802) Jearim H7157 saying H559 (H8800) Philistines H6430 back H7725
(H8689) ark H727 LORD H3068 down H3381 (H8798) take H5927 (H86...
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THE ARK OF GOD BRINGS MISERY ON THE ISRAELITES WHO DISRESPECT IT (1
SAMUEL 6:17 TO 1 SAMUEL 7:2).
The rejoicing of Israel turned to lamentation as a result of the
irreverent behaviour of the priests w...
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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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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 6:21 KIRIATH-JEARIM was about 10 miles (16
km) farther up the Sorek Valley toward Jerusalem, strategically
situated on a hill at the intersection of the boundaries of Judah,...
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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 Chronicles 13:5; 1 Chronicles 13:6; Jeremiah 7:12; Jeremiah 7:14;
Joshua 18:14; Judges 18:12; Psalms 78:60...
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Kirjath — jearim — Whither they sent, either because the place was
not far off from them, and so it might soon be removed: or because it
was a place of eminency and strength, and somewhat farther dist...