1 Samuel 6:1
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. The Ark now gets its own Divine title.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. The Ark now gets its own Divine title.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
EMERODS. See note on 1 Samuel 5:6,: i.e. models of them in gold; of which, modern "votive offerings "are the lineal descendants. Compare 1 Samuel 6:5. LORDS. See note on Joshua 13:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAND. See note on 1 Samuel 5:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. according as.... [ Continue Reading ]
A NEW CART. This was done in ignorance of God's requirement (Numbers 4:15; Numbers 7:9; Numbers 10:21). They could not have complied with the Law, even if they had known it; hence, no judgment fell on them. But contrast David's "new cart", and see note on 2 Samuel 6:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Joshua 15:10. THIS. Some codices, with three early printed editions, read "all this". evil. Hebrew ra'a.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MEN. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
OFFERED OFFERED UP. App-43.... [ Continue Reading ]
SACRIFICED SACRIFICES. made great sacrifices. Figure of speech _Polyptoton._ App-6. See note on Genesis 26:28; Genesis 26:17 Ashdod one. See note on Genesis 10:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
_ FIFTY_ THOUSAND AND THREESCORE AND TEN MEN. 50,070. This number being out of all proportion to the size of Beth-shemesh, has led to various readings. Some codices omit 50,000. The Syriac and Arabic versions read "five" instead of fifty. Josephus reads "seventy". The Hebrew text reads "seventy men... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5. HE. it: i.e. the ark. See note on 1 Samuel 6:9.... [ Continue Reading ]