Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 6:16

And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen [it], they returned to Ekron the same day.

To wit, when they had seen that prodigious return of the ark to its own country, and the entertainment it found there.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it,…. Observed all that was done, how the kine performed their journey, drew the cart in which the ark was straight to Bethshemesh, stopped in a field near it, where it was received joyfully by the people, and sacrifices offered on account of it:

they returned to Ekron the same day; as they might very well, since it was but twelve miles from Bethshemesh.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

(16) They returned to Ekron.The five Philistine princes, when they had watched the strange scene from a distance, returned; their mission was accomplished, and the question solved as to the source of the plagues which had visited their country.

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

16. Returned to Ekron the same day Which might easily be done, providing they knew the route the distance being only seven miles. “It might be said, by those ignorant of the country, that the whole distance being a level plain, there was no great miracle needed to secure the safe transmission of the ark over this comparatively short distance; but let them make a similar experiment, and stake their skepticism upon its success, if they have the courage to do so, or let them even try to reach Ain Shems themselves without a guide, and see how they will succeed.” W.M. Thomson.

Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments