Bible Commentary

Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land. 5. images of your mice that mar the land … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 6:5”

Then said they, What [shall be] the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, [according to] the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague [was] on you all, and on your lords. 4. emerods ] Or, boils. See note on ch. 1Sa … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 6:4”

And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you. 3. send it not empty ] Cp. Exo … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 6:3”

And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place. 2. diviners ] Men who professed to predict future events or interpret the will of heaven by the observation of omens. See Exo 7:11; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 6:2”

And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months. Ch. 1Sa 6:1-9. The Philistines resolve to send back the Ark 1. The Sept. adds, at the end of the verse, “And their land swarmed with mice,” probably an explanatory gloss in anticipation of 1Sa 6:4. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 6:1”

And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven. 12. the cry of the city went up to heaven ] Cp. Exo 2:13. The word used always denotes a supplication, a cry for help. Each city was visited with a heavier judgment than … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 5:12”

So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 5:11”

Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people. 10. they sent the ark of God to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 5:10”

And it was [so], that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts. 9. with a very great destruction ] Better, with an … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 5:9”

They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about [thither]. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 5:8”