1 Samuel 6:4

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 ]

1 Samuel 6:7

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 ]

1 Samuel 6:9

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 ]

1 Samuel 6:15

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 ]

1 Samuel 6:19

_ 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 ]

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