Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary
1 Samuel 6:1
The ark was in the country of the Philistines seven months So long they kept it, as being loath to lose so great a prize, and willing to try all ways to keep it.
The ark was in the country of the Philistines seven months So long they kept it, as being loath to lose so great a prize, and willing to try all ways to keep it.
CHAPTER VI _After the ark had been seven months in the land of the_ _Philistines, they consult their priests and diviners about_ _sending it to Shiloh_, 1, 2. _They advise that it be sent back wit...
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...
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. The Ark now gets its own Divine title....
1 Samuel 6:1-9. The Philistines resolve to send back the Ark 1. The Sept. adds, at the end of the verse, "And their land swarmed with mice," probably an explanatory gloss in anticipation of 1 Samuel...
_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 THE ARK OF THE LORD WAS IN THE COUNTRY OF THE PHILISTINES SEVEN MONTHS._ The ark ... was in the country of the Philistines seven months, х_ BISDEEH_ (H7704)] - in the field or cultivated plain o...
6:1 country (a-9) Lit. 'fields.' see Ruth 1:1 ....
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...
וַ יְהִ֧י אֲרֹון ־יְהוָ֛ה בִּ שְׂדֵ֥ה פְלִשְׁ
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 the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines (a) seven months. (a) They thought by continuance of time the plague would have ceased, and so would have kept the ark still....
CONTENTS As it was impossible not to take interest in whatever concerned the ark of God, the contents of this Chapter becomes very pleasing, in that it relates to us the conduct of the Philistines in...
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 ARK OF THE LORD WAS IN THE COUNTRY OF THE PHILISTINES SEVEN MONTHS. Or "in the field" c of the Philistines; hence Procopius Gazaeus observes, that none of the cities daring to receive the ark,...
And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months. Ver. 1. _And the ark of the Lord was in the country._] Heb., In the field of the Philistines: whence some have thought, tha...
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 sent back to Beth-Shemesh....
And the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines seven months, in the three cities of the Philistine territory which were named in the preceding chapter....
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...
1 SAMUEL CHAPTER 6 The Philistines consult with the priests how they shall return the ark: they advise to send with it for a trespass-offering five golden emerods and mice, on a new cart which they do...
1 Samuel 6:1 ark H727 LORD H3068 country H7704 Philistines H6430 seven H7651 months H2320 the ark - 1 Samuel
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...
_And the ark of God was in the country of the Philistines._ TERRIBLE ASPECTS OF GOD’S CHARACTER At last the ark leaves the land of the Philistines. For seven terrible months it had spread among them...
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 5:1; 1 Samuel 5:10; 1 Samuel 5:11; 1 Samuel 5:3; Psalms 78:61
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...
Seven months — So long they kept it, as loath to lose so great a prize, and willing to try all ways to keep it....