Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 6:8
And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him [for] a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.
8. jewels of gold ] Jewel is here used in a general sense = “any precious or costly object.” The Heb. word simply means “articles” or “vessels.”
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 8. The jewels of gold] The word keley, which our translators so often render jewels, signifies vessels, implements, ornaments, &c. A jewel of gold has an odd sound to those who always attach the idea of a precious stone to the term.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Lay it upon the cart; which God winked at in them, both because they were ignorant of Gods law to the contrary, and because they had no Levites to carry it upon their shoulders.
In a coffer by the side thereof; for they durst not presume to open the ark, to put them within it.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
8. take the ark of the Lord, and layit upon the cartThis mode of carrying the sacred symbol wasforbidden; but the ignorance of the Philistines made the indignityexcusable (see on 2Sa 6:6).
put the jewels . . . in acoffer by the side thereofThe way of securing treasure in theEast is still in a chest, chained to the house wall or some solidpart of the furniture.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And take the ark of the Lord, and lay it upon the cart,…. Which was dispensed with in these uncircumcised Philistines, there being no other to do this service:
and put the jewels of gold; or rather “vessels of gold” p; the five golden emerods, and the five golden mice:
which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; in a basket, as the Syriac version: in a scrip, as the Arabic; in a purse, or bag, as Josephus q; which latter is probable enough:
and send it away, that it may go; that is, set it a going, without any driver or guide; but leave it to take its course of itself to the land of Israel. Josephus r says it was set in a place where three ways met, that it might take which it might; and the taking of the right way must be a strong evidence of its being under the direction of God.
p “vasa aurea”, Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, &c. q Antiqu. l. 6. c. 1. sect. 2. r Antiqu. l. 6. c. 1. sect. 2.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(8) In a coffer by the side thereof.The reverent awe with which these Philistines treated the Ark, which had, they supposed, wrought them such great evil, presents a strong contrast to the careless curiosity of the men of Beth-shemesh with regard to the same sacred objecta careless curiosity, which was punished, as we so often find in the case of acts of sacrilege, with extreme severity.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
8. Jewels of gold Rather, vessels of gold; that is, the golden images mentioned in 1Sa 6:4.
A coffer A chest, or box. They did not venture to open the ark and put the golden vessels in it, but placed them in a chest beside it.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
1Sa 6:8 And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him [for] a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.
Ver. 8. And put the jewels of gold in a coffer.] For reverence’ sake of the ark, which they durst not open.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
jewels: 1Sa 6:4, 1Sa 6:5
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Sa 6:8. In a coffer by the side thereof They had either heard, or by their present sufferings were made to fear, that it was dangerous to look into the ark; and therefore they did not open it to put their present within it.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
6:8 And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the {d} jewels of gold, which ye return him [for] a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.
(d) Meaning, the golden emerods and the golden mice.