1 Samuel 6:14

And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there, where [there was] a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD.

Ver. 14. Where there was a great stone.] This stone, saith Comestor, is thought by some to have been an altar, which Abraham had set up unto the Lord.

And they clave the wood of the cart.] They would not put it to any common use, because it had borne the ark, and had been consecrated to God. The Turkish history telleth us that the very camels that are used to go to Mohammed's tomb, are ever after of high esteem amongst them, and never afterwards used in a mean servile way, as before.

And offered the kine.] The priests did: for Bethshemesh was a city given to the priests, Jos 21:16 and therefore they should have known better how to have demeaned themselves toward the ark.