Bible Commentary

And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that [was] with it, wherein the jewels of gold [were], and put [them] on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD. 15. And the Levites took down ] Rather, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 6:15”

And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood there, where [there was] a great stone: and they cleaved the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD. 14. Joshua a Beth-shemite ] Joshua the Beth-shemeshite. Our translators have copied the Vulgate in abbreviating the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 6:14”

And [they of] Beth-shemesh [were] reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see [it]. 13. 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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 6:13”

And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, [and] went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside [to] the right hand or [to] the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh. 10 18. The plan carried out and the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 6:12”

And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods. And they laid the ark of the Lord upon the cart,…. Perhaps the same men that made the cart; however they were the Philistines, yet were not punished for touching … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 6:11”

And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home: And the men did so,…. Made a new cart, not the lords of the Philistines, but workmen by their orders: and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart; with … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 6:10”

And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth-shemesh, [then] he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that [it is] not his hand [that] smote us: it [was] a chance [that] happened to us. 9. his own coast ] His own border, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 6:9”

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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 6:8”

Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them: 7. Now therefore make, &c.] Heb. “And now take and make a new cart” = set to work to make. Cp. 2Sa 18:18. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 6:7”

Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed? 6. as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts ] A second allusion (cp. ch. 1Sa 4:8) to the events of the Exodus. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 6:6”