Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Samuel 6:3
It shall be known — You shall understand, what is hitherto doubtful, whether he was the author of these calamities, and why they continued so long upon you.
It shall be known — You shall understand, what is hitherto doubtful, whether he was the author of these calamities, and why they continued so long upon you.
Verse 1 Samuel 6:3. _SEND IT NOT EMPTY_] As it appears ye have _trespassed_ against him, send him an offering for this trespass. _WHY HIS HAND IS NOT REMOVED_] The sense is, If you send him a trespas...
SEND IT NOT EMPTY - See the marginal references. The pagan idea of appeasing the gods with gifts, and the scriptural idea of expressing penitence, allegiance, or love to God, by gifts and offerings to...
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...
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_. App-4....
_send it not empty_ Cp. Exodus 23:15. All religions regard _offering_as a necessary part of worship. _in any wise_ i.e. "at all events," "certainly." _Wise_means "way of acting," "manner," "mode." _...
_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 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 IS N...
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....
The TRESPASS OFFERING was always brought to atone for some wrong done to, or some right withheld from, God or man....
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...
SEND IT NOT EMPTY. — The advice was to propitiate with gifts the powerful Hebrew Deity, whom they imagined was offended and angry at the insult offered Him — the being placed in an inferior position i...
וַ יֹּאמְר֗וּ אִֽם ־מְשַׁלְּחִ֞ים אֶת ־אֲרֹ֨ון...
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 they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him (b) a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand i...
If, &c. The lords were already determined to send back the ark. But the priests knew that some still would not believe that it was the cause of their affliction. To convince all, they try an experimen...
(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 THEY SAID, IF YE SEND AWAY THE ARK OF THE GOD OF ISRAEL, SEND IT NOT EMPTY,.... As they perceived they had either resolved upon, or at least were inclined to do; and which they also thought advisa...
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 is no...
_Send it not empty_ They answer directly to the question, first in general; that it must not be sent back without some offering. _In any wise return him a trespass-offering_ As an acknowledgment that...
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 they, the soothsayers, SAID, IF YE SEND AWAY THE ARK OF THE GOD OF ISRAEL, SEND IT NOT EMPTY, without some expiatory gift; BUT IN ANY WISE RETURN HIM A TRESPASS-OFFERING, a sacrifice or gift to at...
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...
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...
EMPTY, i.e. without a present; which they judged necessary, from the common opinion and practice both of Jews and Gentiles. RETURN HIM A TRESPASS-OFFERING; thereby to acknowledge our offence, and obta...
1 Samuel 6:3 said H559 (H8799) away H7971 (H8764) ark H727 God H430 Israel H3478 send H7971 ...
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...
THEN YE Contrast (Hebrews 9:22)....
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...
_Send it not empty._ SUPERSTITION THE APE OF TRUE DEVOTION These superstitious priests can counsel them not to send away the ark of God empty, but to give it a sin offering. They had not lived so far...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 6:3 Many ancient religions recognized that it was wrong to mishandle objects used in worship. The Philistines thought the Israelites’ God was angry about how they treated 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 Samuel 5:11; 1 Samuel 5:7; 1 Samuel 5:9; 1 Samuel 6:9; Deuteronomy 16
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...