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Verse 1 Samuel 6:3. _SEND IT NOT EMPTY_] As it appears ye have
_trespassed_ against him, send him an offering for this trespass.
_WHY HIS HAND IS NOT REMOVED_] The sense is, If you send him a
trespas...
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SEND IT NOT EMPTY - See the marginal references. The pagan idea of
appeasing the gods with gifts, and the scriptural idea of expressing
penitence, allegiance, or love to God, by gifts and offerings to...
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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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GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_. App-4....
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_send it not empty_ Cp. Exodus 23:15. All religions regard
_offering_as a necessary part of worship.
_in any wise_ i.e. "at all events," "certainly." _Wise_means "way of
acting," "manner," "mode."
_...
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_The Decision to Return the Ark. 1 Samuel 6:1-9_
And the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines seven
months.
2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying,
Wha...
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_AND THEY SAID, IF YE SEND AWAY THE ARK OF THE GOD OF ISRAEL, SEND IT
NOT EMPTY; BUT IN ANY WISE RETURN HIM A TRESPASS OFFERING: THEN YE
SHALL BE HEALED, AND IT SHALL BE KNOWN TO YOU WHY HIS HAND IS N...
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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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SEND IT NOT EMPTY. — The advice was to propitiate with gifts the
powerful Hebrew Deity, whom they imagined was offended and angry at
the insult offered Him — the being placed in an inferior position i...
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וַ יֹּאמְר֗וּ אִֽם ־מְשַׁלְּחִ֞ים אֶת
־אֲרֹ֨ון אֱלֹהֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אַל
־תְּשַׁלְּח֤וּ אֹתֹו֙ רֵיקָ֔ם כִּֽי
־הָשֵׁ֥ב
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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 they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it
not empty; but in any wise return him (b) a trespass offering: then ye
shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand i...
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_If, &c. The lords were already determined to send back the ark. But
the priests knew that some still would not believe that it was the
cause of their affliction. To convince all, they try an experime...
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(3) And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send
it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye
shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand i...
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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 SAID, IF YE SEND AWAY THE ARK OF THE GOD OF ISRAEL, SEND IT
NOT EMPTY,.... As they perceived they had either resolved upon, or at
least were inclined to do; and which they also thought advisa...
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And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it
not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye
shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is no...
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_Send it not empty_ They answer directly to the question, first in
general; that it must not be sent back without some offering. _In any
wise return him a trespass-offering_ As an acknowledgment that...
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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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1-9 Seven months the Philistines were punished with the presence of
the ark; so long it was a plague to them, because they would not send
it home sooner. Sinners lengthen out their own miseries by re...
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EMPTY, i.e. without a present; which they judged necessary, from the
common opinion and practice both of Jews and Gentiles. RETURN HIM A
TRESPASS-OFFERING; thereby to acknowledge our offence, and obta...
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1 Samuel 6:3 said H559 (H8799) away H7971 (H8764) ark H727 God H430
Israel H3478 send H7971 (H8762) empty H7387 means H7725 (H8687) return
H7725 (H8686) offering H817 healed H7495 (H8735) known H3045...
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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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THEN YE
Contrast (Hebrews 9:22)....
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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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_Send it not empty._
SUPERSTITION THE APE OF TRUE DEVOTION
These superstitious priests can counsel them not to send away the ark
of God empty, but to give it a sin offering. They had not lived so fa...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 6:3 Many ancient religions recognized that
it was wrong to mishandle objects used in worship. The Philistines
thought the Israelites’ God was angry about how they treated the...
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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 5:11; 1 Samuel 5:7; 1 Samuel 5:9; 1 Samuel 6:9; Deuteronomy
16:16; Exodus 23:15; Exodus 34:20; Job 10:2; Job 34:31; Job 34:32;...
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THE ARK IN THE LAND OF THE PHILISTINES
1 Samuel 5:1; 1 Samuel 6:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
There are several things we think should be emphasized.
1. EBENEZER MEANS "HITHERTO HATH THE LORD HELPED US." W...
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It shall be known — You shall understand, what is hitherto doubtful,
whether he was the author of these calamities, and why they continued
so long upon you....