What does 1 Samuel 6:20 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?"
Verse 1 Samuel 6:20. _WHO IS ABLE TO STAND_] Why this exclamation? They knew that God had forbidden any to touch his ark but the priests and Levites; but they endeavoured to throw that blame on God, a...
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...
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...
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....
_Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God?_ BEFORE JEHOVAH THIS HOLY GOD. Holiness is an especial attribute of Jehovah, demanding a corresponding holiness on the part of the people among whom He...
DISCOURSE: 287 THE ARK RETURNED TO BETH-SHEMESH 1 Samuel 6:20. _And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God?_ TILL we come to behold some extraordinary interposit...
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...
_AND THE MEN OF BETH-SHE'MESH SAID, WHO IS ABLE TO STAND BEFORE THIS HOLY LORD GOD? AND TO WHOM SHALL HE GO UP FROM US?_ No JFB commentary on this verse....
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...
WHO IS ABLE TO STAND? — There is some superstition involved in this exclamation, “Whither shall we send this awful visitant?” The men of the priestly city of Beth-shemesh strangely connected their inv...
וַ יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אַנְשֵׁ֣י בֵֽית־שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ מִ֚י יוּכַ֣ל לַ עֲמֹ֔ד לִ פְנֵ֨י יְהוָ֧ה הָ אֱלֹהִ֛ים הַ...
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...
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,...
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...
_Us. These words may denote that they thought God too severe, or else, that they judged themselves unworthy of his presence. There is no proportion between an offence of God, and what the creature can...
(20) And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us? If this question of the men of Bethshemesh be the humble enquiry of souls und...
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 THE MEN OF BETHSHEMESH SAID, WHO IS ABLE TO STAND BEFORE THIS HOLY LORD GOD?.... The Targum is, "before the ark of this holy Lord God;'' which is said either by way of complaint of the severity...
And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us? Ver. 20. _This holy Lord God._] Here they seem peevishly to lay the blame of their...
_Who is able to stand?_ &c. That is, to minister before the ark, where the Lord is present. Since God is so severe to mark what is amiss in his servants, who is sufficient to serve him? They seem by t...
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...
THE ARK ACCEPTED, BUT THE PEOPLE SLAIN...
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...
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...
TO STAND BEFORE THIS HOLY LORD GOD, i.e. to minister before the ark where the Lord is present. Since God is so severe to mark whatsoever is amiss in his servants, who is sufficient and worthy to serve...
1 Samuel 6:20 men H582 Shemesh H1053 said H559 (H8799) able H3201 (H8799) stand H5975 (H8800) before H6440 holy H6918 LORD H3068 God H430 up H5927 (H8799) 1 Samuel 5:8-12; Numbers 17:12-13;...
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...
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...
_And He smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had Looked into the ark of the Lord._ IRREVERENT CURIOSITY The prying men of Beth-shemesh have had their counterparts many a time in more recent da...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 6:20 The Israelites in BETH-SHEMESH responded to the presence of the ark in much the same way as the Philistines had responded (1 Samuel 5:7)! ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.ge...
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...
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...
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 Chronicles 13:11; 1 Samuel 5:8; 2 Samuel 6:7; 2 Samuel 6:9; Luke 5:8; Luke 8:37; Malachi 3:2; Numbers 17:12; Numbers 17:13; Psalms 76:7...
Who is able, &c. — That is, to minister before the ark where the Lord is present. Since God is so severe to mark what is amiss in his servants, who is sufficient to serve him? It seems to be a complai...