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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 6:15 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
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| 1Sa 6:15 |
Strong Concordance |
And the Levites [03881] took down [03381] the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068], and the coffer [0712] that was with it, wherein the jewels [03627] of gold [02091] were, and put [07760] them on the great [01419] stone [068]: and the men [0582] of Bethshemesh [01053] offered [05927] burnt offerings [05930] and sacrificed [02076] sacrifices [02077] the same day [03117] unto the LORD [03068]. |
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King James |
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 Bethshemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD. |
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| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The word "Levites" here probably means priests Exo 4:14, sons of Levi, since Bethshemesh was one of the cities of the priests Jos 21:13-16. The burnt offering of the kine was not in any sense the offering of the men of Bethshemesh, but rather of the Philistine lords to whom the cart and the kine belonged. But the Bethshemites themselves, in token of their gratitude for such a signal mercy, now offered both burnt offerings and sacrifices, probably peace offerings, and doubtless feasted together with great joy and gladness (see Kg1 8:62-66; Ezr 6:16-17). There is nothing whatever in the text to indicate that these sacrifices were offered otherwise than in the appointed way by the priests. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Sa1 6:15 contains a supplementary remark, therefore הורידוּ is to be translated as a pluperfect. After sacrificing the cart, with the cows, as a burnt-offering to the Lord, the inhabitants of Bethshemesh gave a further practical expression to their joy at the return of the ark, by offering burnt-offerings and slain-offerings in praise of God. In the burnt-offerings they consecrated themselves afresh, with all their members, to the service of the Lord; and in the slain-offerings, which culminated in the sacrificial meals, they sealed anew their living fellowship with the Lord. The offering of these sacrifices at Bethshemesh was no offence against the commandment, to sacrifice to the Lord at the place of His sanctuary alone. The ark of the covenant was the throne of the gracious presence of God, before which the sacrifices were really offered at the tabernacle. The Lord had sanctified the ark afresh as the throne of His presence, by the miracle which He had wrought in bringing it back again. - In Sa1 6:17 and Sa1 6:18 the different atoning presents, which the Philistines sent to Jehovah as compensation, are enumerated once more: viz., five golden boils, one for each of their five principal towns (see at Jos 13:3), and "golden mice, according to the number of all the Philistian towns of the five princes, from the fortified city to the village of the inhabitants of the level land" (perazi; see at Deu 3:5). The priests had only proposed that five golden mice should be sent as compensation, as well as five boils (Sa1 6:4). But the Philistines offered as many images of mice as there were towns and villages in their five states, no doubt because the plague of mice had spread over the whole land, whereas the plague of boils had only fallen upon the inhabitants of those towns to which the ark of the covenant had come. In this way the apparent discrepancy between Sa1 6:4 and Sa1 6:18 is very simply removed. The words which follow, viz., וגו עליה הגּיחוּ עשׁר, "upon which they had set down the ark," show unmistakeably, when compared with Sa1 6:14 and Sa1 6:15, that we are to understand by הגּדולה אבל the great stone upon which the ark was placed when it was taken off the cart. The conjecture of Kimchi, that this stone was called Abel (luctus), on account of the mourning which took place there (see Sa1 6:19), is extremely unnatural. Consequently there is no other course left than to regard אבל as an error in writing for אבן, according to the reading, or at all events the rendering, adopted by the lxx and Targum. But ועד (even unto) is quite unsuitable here, as no further local definition is required after the foregoing הפּרי כּפר ועד, and it is impossible to suppose that the Philistines offered a golden mouse as a trespass-offering for the great stone upon which the ark was placed. We must therefore alter ועד into ועד: "And the great stone is witness (for ועד in this sense, see Gen 31:52) to this day in the field of Joshua the Bethshemeshite," sc., of the fact just described. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The Levites took down - It appears there were some of the tribe of Levi among the people of Beth-shemesh: to them appertained the service of the tabernacle. |
16 And the children [01123] of Israel [03479], the priests [03549], and the Levites [03879], and the rest [07606] of the children [01123] of the captivity [01547], kept [05648] the dedication [02597] of this [01836] house [01005] of God [0426] with joy [02305],
17 And offered [07127] at the dedication [02597] of this [01836] house [01005] of God [0426] an hundred [03969] bullocks [08450], two hundred [03969] rams [01798], four [0703] hundred [03969] lambs [0563]; and for a sin offering [02402] [02409] for [05922] all [03606] Israel [03479], twelve [08648] [06236] he [06841] goats [05796], according to the number [04510] of the tribes [07625] of Israel [03479].
62 And the king [04428], and all Israel [03478] with him, offered [02076] sacrifice [02077] before [06440] the LORD [03068].
63 And Solomon [08010] offered [02076] a sacrifice [02077] of peace offerings [08002], which he offered [02076] unto the LORD [03068], two [08147] and twenty [06242] thousand [0505] oxen [01241], and an hundred [03967] and twenty [06242] thousand [0505] sheep [06629]. So the king [04428] and all the children [01121] of Israel [03478] dedicated [02596] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].
64 The same day [03117] did the king [04428] hallow [06942] the middle [08432] of the court [02691] that was before [06440] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068]: for there he offered [06213] burnt offerings [05930], and meat offerings [04503], and the fat [02459] of the peace offerings [08002]: because the brasen [05178] altar [04196] that was before [06440] the LORD [03068] was too little [06996] to receive [03557] the burnt offerings [05930], and meat offerings [04503], and the fat [02459] of the peace offerings [08002].
65 And at that time [06256] Solomon [08010] held [06213] a feast [02282], and all Israel [03478] with him, a great [01419] congregation [06951], from the entering [0935] in of Hamath [02574] unto the river [05158] of Egypt [04714], before [06440] the LORD [03068] our God [0430], seven [07651] days [03117] and seven [07651] days [03117], even fourteen [0702] [06240] days [03117].
66 On the eighth [08066] day [03117] he sent [07971] the people [05971] away [07971]: and they blessed [01288] the king [04428], and went [03212] unto their tents [0168] joyful [08056] and glad [02896] of heart [03820] for all the goodness [02896] that the LORD [03068] had done [06213] for David [01732] his servant [05650], and for Israel [03478] his people [05971].
13 Thus they gave [05414] to the children [01121] of Aaron [0175] the priest [03548] Hebron [02275] with her suburbs [04054], to be a city [05892] of refuge [04733] for the slayer [07523]; and Libnah [03841] with her suburbs [04054],
14 And Jattir [03492] with her suburbs [04054], and Eshtemoa [0851] with her suburbs [04054],
15 And Holon [02473] with her suburbs [04054], and Debir [01688] with her suburbs [04054],
16 And Ain [05871] with her suburbs [04054], and Juttah [03194] with her suburbs [04054], and Bethshemesh [01053] with her suburbs [04054]; nine [08672] cities [05892] out of those two [08147] tribes [07626].
14 And the anger [0639] of the LORD [03068] was kindled [02734] against Moses [04872], and he said [0559], Is not Aaron [0175] the Levite [03881] thy brother [0251]? I know [03045] that he can speak [01696] well [01696]. And also, behold, he cometh forth [03318] to meet [07125] thee: and when he seeth [07200] thee, he will be glad [08055] in his heart [03820].
52 This heap [01530] be witness [05707], and this pillar [04676] be witness [05713], that I will not pass over [05674] this heap [01530] to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over [05674] this heap [01530] and this pillar [04676] unto me, for harm [07451].
19 And he smote [05221] the men [0376] of Bethshemesh [01053], because they had looked [07200] into the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068], even he smote [05221] of the people [05971] fifty [02572] thousand [0505] and threescore and ten [07657] men [0582]: and the people [05971] lamented [056], because the LORD [03068] had smitten [05221] many of the people [05971] with a great [01419] slaughter [04347].
15 And the Levites [03881] took down [03381] the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068], and the coffer [0712] that was with it, wherein the jewels [03627] of gold [02091] were, and put [07760] them on the great [01419] stone [068]: and the men [0582] of Bethshemesh [01053] offered [05927] burnt offerings [05930] and sacrificed [02076] sacrifices [02077] the same day [03117] unto the LORD [03068].
14 And the cart [05699] came [0935] into the field [07704] of Joshua [03091], a Bethshemite [01030], and stood [05975] there, where there was a great [01419] stone [068]: and they clave [01234] the wood [06086] of the cart [05699], and offered [05927] the kine [06510] a burnt offering [05930] unto the LORD [03068].
18 And the golden [02091] mice [05909], according to the number [04557] of all the cities [05892] of the Philistines [06430] belonging to the five [02568] lords [05633], both of fenced [04013] cities [05892], and of country [06521] villages [03724], even unto the great [01419] stone of Abel [059], whereon they set down [03240] the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068]: which stone remaineth unto this day [03117] in the field [07704] of Joshua [03091], the Bethshemite [01030].
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].
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 All these cities [05892] were fenced [01219] with high [01364] walls [02346], gates [01817], and bars [01280]; beside unwalled [06521] towns [05892] a great [03966] many [07235].
3 From Sihor [07883], which is before [06440] Egypt [04714], even unto the borders [01366] of Ekron [06138] northward [06828], which is counted [02803] to the Canaanite [03669]: five [02568] lords [05633] of the Philistines [06430]; the Gazathites [05841], and the Ashdothites [0796], the Eshkalonites [0832], the Gittites [01663], and the Ekronites [06139]; also the Avites [05761]:
18 And the golden [02091] mice [05909], according to the number [04557] of all the cities [05892] of the Philistines [06430] belonging to the five [02568] lords [05633], both of fenced [04013] cities [05892], and of country [06521] villages [03724], even unto the great [01419] stone of Abel [059], whereon they set down [03240] the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068]: which stone remaineth unto this day [03117] in the field [07704] of Joshua [03091], the Bethshemite [01030].
17 And these are the golden [02091] emerods [02914] which the Philistines [06430] returned [07725] for a trespass offering [0817] unto the LORD [03068]; for Ashdod [0795] one [0259], for Gaza [05804] one [0259], for Askelon [0831] one [0259], for Gath [01661] one [0259], for Ekron [06138] one [0259];
15 And the Levites [03881] took down [03381] the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068], and the coffer [0712] that was with it, wherein the jewels [03627] of gold [02091] were, and put [07760] them on the great [01419] stone [068]: and the men [0582] of Bethshemesh [01053] offered [05927] burnt offerings [05930] and sacrificed [02076] sacrifices [02077] the same day [03117] unto the LORD [03068].