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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 6:1 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Sa 6:1 |
Strong Concordance |
And the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068] was in the country [07704] of the Philistines [06430] seven [07651] months [02320]. |
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King James |
And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
THE PHILISTINES COUNSEL HOW TO SEND BACK THE ARK. (Sa1 6:1-9)
the ark . . . was in the country of the Philistines seven months--Notwithstanding the calamities which its presence had brought on the country and the people, the Philistine lords were unwilling to relinquish such a prize, and tried every means to retain it with peace and safety, but in vain. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The Ark of God Sent Back. - Sa1 6:1-3. The ark of Jehovah was in the land (lit. the fields, as in Rut 1:2) of the Philistines for seven months, and had brought destruction to all the towns to which it had been taken. At length the Philistines resolved to send it back to the Israelites, and therefore called their priests and diviners (see at Num 23:23) to ask them, "What shall we do with regard to the ark of God; tell us, with what shall we send it to its place?" "Its place" is the land of Israel, and בּמּה does not mean "in what manner" (quomodo: Vulgate, Thenius), but with what, wherewith (as in Mic 6:6). There is no force in the objection brought by Thenius, that if the question had implied with what presents, the priests would not have answered, "Do not send it without a present;" for the priests did not confine themselves to this answer, in which they gave a general assent, but proceeded at once to define the present more minutely. They replied, "If they send away the ark of the God of Israel (משׁלּחים is to be taken as the third person in an indefinite address, as in Sa1 2:24, and not to be construed with אתּם supplied), do not send it away empty (i.e., without an expiatory offering), but return Him (i.e., the God of Israel) a trespass-offering." אשׁם, lit. guilt, then the gift presented as compensation for a fault, the trespass-offering (see at Lev. 5:14-6:7). The gifts appointed by the Philistines as an asham were to serve as a compensation and satisfaction to be rendered to the God of Israel for the robbery committed upon Him by the removal of the ark of the covenant, and were therefore called asham, although in their nature they were only expiatory offerings. For the same reason the verb השׁיב, to return or repay, is used to denote the presentation of these gifts, being the technical expression for the payment of compensation for a fault in Num 5:7, and in Lev 6:4 for compensation for anything belonging to another, that had been unjustly appropriated. "Are ye healed then, it will show you why His hand is not removed from you," sc., so long as ye keep back the ark. The words תּרפאוּ אז are to be understood as conditional, even without אם, which the rules of the language allow (see Ewald, 357, b.); this is required by the context. For, according to Sa1 6:9, the Philistine priests still thought it a possible thing that any misfortune which had befallen the Philistines might be only an accidental circumstance. With this view, they could not look upon a cure as certain to result from the sending back of the ark, but only as possible; consequently they could only speak conditionally, and with this the words "we shall know" agree. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Seven months - So long they kept it, as loath to lose so great a prize, and willing to try all ways to keep it. |
1 And the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068] was in the country [07704] of the Philistines [06430] seven [07651] months [02320].
2 And the Philistines [06430] called [07121] for the priests [03548] and the diviners [07080], saying [0559], What shall we do [06213] to the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068]? tell [03045] us wherewith we shall send [07971] it to his place [04725].
3 And they said [0559], If ye send away [07971] the ark [0727] of the God [0430] of Israel [03478], send [07971] it not empty [07387]; but in any wise [07725] return [07725] him a trespass offering [0817]: then ye shall be healed [07495], and it shall be known [03045] to you why his hand [03027] is not removed [05493] from you.
4 Then said [0559] they, What shall be the trespass offering [0817] which we shall return [07725] to him? They answered [0559], Five [02568] golden [02091] emerods [02914] [06076], and five [02568] golden [02091] mice [05909], according to the number [04557] of the lords [05633] of the Philistines [06430]: for one [0259] plague [04046] was on you all, and on your lords [05633].
5 Wherefore ye shall make [06213] images [06754] of your emerods [02914] [06076], and images [06754] of your mice [05909] that mar [07843] the land [0776]; and ye shall give [05414] glory [03519] unto the God [0430] of Israel [03478]: peradventure he will lighten [07043] his hand [03027] from off you, and from off your gods [0430], and from off your land [0776].
6 Wherefore then do ye harden [03513] your hearts [03824], as the Egyptians [04714] and Pharaoh [06547] hardened [03513] their hearts [03820]? when he had wrought wonderfully [05953] among them, did they not let the people go [07971], and they departed [03212]?
7 Now therefore make [06213] a [0259] new [02319] cart [05699], and take [03947] two [08147] milch [05763] kine [06510], on which there hath come [05927] no yoke [05923], and tie [0631] the kine [06510] to the cart [05699], and bring [07725] their calves [01121] home [01004] from them [0310]:
8 And take [03947] the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068], and lay [05414] it upon the cart [05699]; and put [07760] the jewels [03627] of gold [02091], which ye return [07725] him for a trespass offering [0817], in a coffer [0712] by the side [06654] thereof; and send it away [07971], that it may go [01980].
9 And see [07200], if it goeth up [05927] by the way [01870] of his own coast [01366] to Bethshemesh [01053], then he hath done [06213] us this great [01419] evil [07451]: but if not, then we shall know [03045] that it is not his hand [03027] that smote [05060] us: it was a chance [04745] that happened to us [01961].
9 And see [07200], if it goeth up [05927] by the way [01870] of his own coast [01366] to Bethshemesh [01053], then he hath done [06213] us this great [01419] evil [07451]: but if not, then we shall know [03045] that it is not his hand [03027] that smote [05060] us: it was a chance [04745] that happened to us [01961].
4 Then it shall be, because he hath sinned [02398], and is guilty [0816], that he shall restore [07725] that [01500] which he took violently away [01497], or the thing [06233] which he hath deceitfully gotten [06231], or that which was delivered [06487] [0853] him to keep [06485], or the lost thing [09] which he found [04672],
7 Then they shall confess [03034] their sin [02403] which they have done [06213]: and he shall recompense [07725] his trespass [0817] with the principal [07218] thereof, and add [03254] unto it the fifth [02549] part thereof, and give [05414] it unto him against whom he hath trespassed [0816].
24 Nay, my sons [01121]; for it is no good [02896] report [08052] that I hear [08085]: ye make the LORD'S [03068] people [05971] to transgress [05674].
6 Wherewith shall I come before [06923] the LORD [03068], and bow [03721] myself before the high [04791] God [0430]? shall I come before [06923] him with burnt offerings [05930], with calves [05695] of a year [08141] old [01121]?
23 Surely there is no enchantment [05173] against Jacob [03290], neither is there any divination [07081] against Israel [03478]: according to this time [06256] it shall be said [0559] of Jacob [03290] and of Israel [03478], What hath God [0410] wrought [06466] !
2 And the name [08034] of the man [0376] was Elimelech [0458], and the name [08034] of his wife [0802] Naomi [05281], and the name [08034] of his two [08147] sons [01121] Mahlon [04248] and Chilion [03630], Ephrathites [0673] of Bethlehemjudah [01035] [03063]. And they came [0935] into the country [07704] of Moab [04124], and continued there.
1 And the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068] was in the country [07704] of the Philistines [06430] seven [07651] months [02320].
2 And the Philistines [06430] called [07121] for the priests [03548] and the diviners [07080], saying [0559], What shall we do [06213] to the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068]? tell [03045] us wherewith we shall send [07971] it to his place [04725].
3 And they said [0559], If ye send away [07971] the ark [0727] of the God [0430] of Israel [03478], send [07971] it not empty [07387]; but in any wise [07725] return [07725] him a trespass offering [0817]: then ye shall be healed [07495], and it shall be known [03045] to you why his hand [03027] is not removed [05493] from you.