1 Samuel 6:1, After seven months the Philistines take counsel how to send back the ark; 1 Samuel 6:10, They bring it on a new cart with an offering unto Beth-shemesh; 1 Samuel 6:19, The people are smitten for looking into the ark; 1 Samuel 6:21, They send to them of Kirjath-jearim to fetch it.
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1 Samuel 6
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1 Samuel 6 — Overview1 Samuel 6 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn this chapter we have the return of the ark to the land of Israel,
whither we are now gladly to attend it, and observe, I. How the
Philistines dismissed it, by the advice of their priests (ver. 1-11),
with…1 Samuel 6 — Overview1 Samuel 6 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleIn this chapter we are told the Philistines advised with their priests what to do with the ark, and wherewith to send it home, 1Sa 6:1 whose advice was to send with it a trespass offering, golden images of emerods and…1 Samuel 6:1-91 Samuel 6:1-9 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe first words of the chapter tell us how long the captivity of the
ark continued--it was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
In the field of the Philistines (so it is in the original), from which…1 Samuel 6:11 Samuel 6:1 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgeam 2864, bc 1140, An, Ex, Is, 351
the ark: 1 Samuel 5:1, 1 Samuel 5:3, 1 Samuel 5:10-11; Psalms 78:611 Samuel 6:21 Samuel 6:2 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgecalled: Genesis 41:8; Exodus 7:11; Isaiah 47:12-13; Daniel 2:2, Daniel 5:7; Matthew 2:4
wherewith: Micah 6:6-91 Samuel 6:21 Samuel 6:2 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd the Philistines called for the priests and for the diviners,.... The one were skilled in the rites and ceremonies of religion, not only of their own, but of other nations, particularly of Israel; and that they were…