And see if it goeth up by his own coast Without any guide; to Beth-shemesh A city in the tribe of Judah, in the confines of both countries. Then he hath done this great evil Hath inflicted this sore calamity upon us. This they might well conclude, if such heifers should, contrary to their custom and natural instinct, go into a strange path, and regularly and constantly proceed in it, without being guided by any one.
Verse 1 Samuel 6:9. _A CHANCE THAT HAPPENED TO US_] The word מקרה _mikreh_, from קרה _karah_, to _meet_ or _coalesce_, signifies an event that naturally arises from such concurring causes as, in the o...
Bethshemesh was the first Israelite town they would come to, being on the border of Judah. (See the marginal reference.)...
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 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...
IT: i.e. the "ark", which is masculine; not the "cart", which is feminine COAST. border, or boundary. BETH-SHEMESH. House of the sun, now _Ain Skeins, on_ the borders of Judah and Dan. Compare Joshu...
_his own coast_ HIS OWN BORDER, as in 1 Samuel 6:12. See ch. 1 Samuel 5:6, note. "_His_" refers to the Ark. The neuter possessive pronoun "_its_" is not found in the original edition of the E. V. See...
_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, What...
_AND SEE, IF IT GOETH UP BY THE WAY OF HIS OWN COAST TO BETH-SHE'MESH, THEN HE HATH DONE US THIS GREAT EVIL: BUT IF NOT, THEN WE SHALL KNOW THAT IT IS NOT HIS HAND THAT SMOTE US; IT WAS A CHANCE THAT...
Under ordinary circumstances the cows would not have left their calves. BETH-SHEMESH] the modern Ain-Shems, on the N. border of Judah....
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....
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...
IT WAS A CHANCE THAT HAPPENED TO US. — The priests and diviners were not certain whether the plague had been sent by the offended God of Israel or had visited Philistia in the ordinary course of natur...
וּ רְאִיתֶ֗ם אִם ־דֶּ֨רֶךְ גְּבוּלֹ֤ו יַֽעֲלֶה֙...
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...
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;...
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...
And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, [then] (e) he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that [it is] not his hand [that] smote us: it [was] a (f)...
Way. Josephus observes, that they stationed the kine at three lane ends; (Haydock) and, as we may infer from the Hebrew (ver. 12,) rather with their heads turned from Bethsames. But, by this conduct,...
(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...
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...
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...
AND SEE IF IT GOETH UP BY THE WAY OF ITS OWN COAST TO BETHSHEMESH,.... The nearest city to the land of the Philistines, which lay on their borders, and the borders of the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:10...
And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, [then] he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that [it is] not his hand [that] smote us: it [was] a chance...
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...
And see, if it, the cart as thus prepared, GOETH UP BY THE WAY OF HIS OWN COAST TO BETH-SHEMESH, within the territory of Israel, THEN HE, the God of Israel, HATH DONE US THIS GREAT EVIL; BUT IF NOT, T...
The Ark sent back to Beth-Shemesh....
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...
HE: Or, it...
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...
HIS OWN COAST, or, border, i.e. the way that leadeth to his coast or border, viz. the country to which it belongs. THEN HE HATH DONE US THIS GREAT EVIL; which they might well conclude, if such heifers...
1 Samuel 6:9 watch H7200 (H8804) up H5927 (H8799) road H1870 territory H1366 Shemesh H1053 done H6213 ...
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...
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...
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...
_It was a chance that happened to us._ THE MINISTRY OF CHANCE The world believes in chance, and without doubt there is some ground for its belief, but whether that ground constitutes a real foundatio...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 6:7 Untrained MILK COWS could not pull a CART well as a team. If they went anywhere, it would be HOME to their CALVES. Th
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 Hi...
EXPOSITION RESTORATION OF THE ARK TO THE ISRAELITES (1 Samuel 6:1). 1 SAMUEL 6:1,...
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...
1 Samuel 6:3; 2 Samuel 1:6; Amos 3:6; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Isaiah 26:11;...
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." Wh...
His own coast — Or Border, that is, the way that leadeth to his coast, or border, namely, the country to which it belongs. Then he, &c. — Which they might well conclude, if such heifers should against...