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The whole population was in the field. The harvest work was suspended
in an instant, and all the workmen ran to where the ark was....
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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;...
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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...
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_they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest_ A description
of harvest in Philistia by a modem traveller helps us to realise the
scene in the valley of Beth-shemesh, which was suddenly suspe...
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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...
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_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...
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_AND THEY OF BETH-SHE'MESH WERE REAPING THEIR WHEAT HARVEST IN THE
VALLEY: AND THEY LIFTED UP THEIR EYES, AND SAW THE ARK, AND REJOICED
TO SEE IT._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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....
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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...
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AND THEY OF BETH-SHEMESH. — Beth-shemesh, or “House of the Sun,”
nearly equivalent to Heliopolis, “City of the Sun,” was a priestly
city. It would thus have seemed that this was a fitting home for the...
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וּ בֵ֣ית שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ קֹצְרִ֥ים קְצִיר
־חִטִּ֖ים בָּ †...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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_Wheat, about Pentecost, in May; so that the ark must have been taken
in November. (Menochius)_...
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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...
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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...
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AND THEY OF BETHSHEMESH WERE REAPING THEIR WHEAT HARVEST IN THE
VALLEY,.... Which began at Pentecost, in the month Sivan, about our
May; so that there were many people in the fields, who were
eyewitne...
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And [they of] Bethshemesh [were] reaping their wheat harvest in the
valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced
to see [it].
Ver. 13. _And they of Bethshemesh were reaping, &...
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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...
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THE ARK ACCEPTED, BUT THE PEOPLE SLAIN...
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And they of Beth-shemesh, which was a city set aside for priests on
the boundary between Judah and Dan, Joshua 15:10; Joshua 21:16, WERE
REAPING THEIR WHEAT-HARVEST IN THE VALLEY, about the beginning...
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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...
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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...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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1 Samuel 6:13 Shemesh H1053 reaping H7114 (H8802) wheat H2406 harvest
H7105 valley H6010 lifted H5375 (H8799) eyes
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the
valley._
THE HARVEST FIELD
The words of the text give a harvest scene.
I. Signs from God. Every harvest scene is a new Divine revel...
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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...
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EXPOSITION
RESTORATION OF THE ARK TO THE ISRAELITES (1 Samuel 6:1).
1 SAMUEL 6:1,...
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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...