They — Not the lords of the Philistines, but the Beth — shemites, the priest that dwelt there. Offered the kine — There may seem to he a double error in this act.
First, that they offered females for a burnt — offering, contrary to
Secondly, that they did it in a forbidden place, Deuteronomy 12:5. But this case being extraordinary, may in some sort excuse it, if they did not proceed by ordinary rules.
Verse 1 Samuel 6:14. _THEY CLAVE THE WOOD OF THE CART_] Both the _cart_ and the _cattle_ having been thus employed, could no longer be devoted to any secular services; therefore the _cattle_ were _sac...
A GREAT STONE - (Compare Genesis 28:18; Judges 13:19). This great stone was probably used as an altar on this occasion, and the kine stopping at it of their own accord was understood by the Bethshemit...
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...
OFFERED OFFERED UP. App-43....
_Joshua a Beth-shemite_ Joshua THE BETH-SHEMESHITE. Our translators have copied the Vulgate in abbreviating the form, as in the case of -Benjamite" for -Benjaminite." _they clave the wood of the cart...
The plan carried out and the Ark restored to Israel 12. _took the straight way to the way of Beth-skemesh_ Better, WENT STRAIGHT FORWARD ON THE ROAD TO BETH-SHEMESH. _lowing as they went_ For their...
_The Ark Returned._ 1 Samuel 6:10-18 10 And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home: 11 And they laid the ark of the Lord upon the cart, an...
_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._...
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...
THE FIELD OF JOSHUA, A BETH-SHEMITE. — The great stone — most likely a mass of natural rock rising from the soil — was the occasion of the cart being stopped there, Beth-shemesh and its suburbs being...
וְ הָ עֲגָלָ֡ה בָּ֠אָה אֶל ־שְׂדֵ֨ה יְהֹושֻׁ֤
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...
And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there, where [there was] a great stone: and (h) they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LOR...
Bethsamite, not the renowned general. (Calmet) --- Stone, which served instead of an altar. (Menochius) --- Lord. Some pretend that the lords of the Philistines followed so far, and offered this holoc...
(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...
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 CART CAME INTO THE FIELD OF JOSHUA, A BETHSHEMITE,.... In that part of the valley where they were reaping wheat which belonged to him, whom we nowhere else read; whether a priest or Levite, wh...
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....
1 Sam. 6:14. "And the cart came into the field of Joshua, Bethshemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone - And the Levites took down the ark of the Lord, and set it on the great stone." T...
_The cart came into the field of Joshua, and stood there_ This was another marvellous thing, that the kine went no further, but stood, as soon as they were come into the territory of a city belonging...
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 the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone, the cows came to a halt there of their own free will; AND THEY, the inhabitants of the city,...
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...
10-18 These two kine knew their owner, their great Owner, whom Hophin and Phinehas knew not. God's providence takes notice even of brute creatures, and serves its own purposes by them. When the reaper...
THEY CLAVE; not the lords of the Philistines, but the Beth-shemites, to wit, the priests that dwelt there. A BURNT-OFFERING to the Lord: there may seem to be a double error in this act. First, That th...
1 Samuel 6:14 cart H5699 came H935 (H8802) field H7704 Joshua H3091 Shemesh H1030 stood H5975 (H8799) large...
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...
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 Kings 18:30; 1 Samuel 11:5; 1 Samuel 20:29; 1 Samuel 7:9;...