1 Samuel 6:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. ”

1 Samuel 6:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The whole population was in the field. The harvest work was suspended in an instant, and all the workmen ran to where the ark was.
1 Samuel 6:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:1 to 1 Samuel 7:1 . Ark Brought back to Beth-shemesh; Plague Breaks out there; Ark Housed at Kiriath-jearim. 1 Samuel 6:1 may not belong to the main story; 2 would be a better con...
1 Samuel 6:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it .
1 Samuel 6:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they of Beth-she'mesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. No JFB commentary on this verse.
1 Samuel 6:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Philistines return the Ark to Israel 2. The diviners] The Philistines appear to have been notorious for their attachment to divination: see on Isaiah 2:6 .
1 Samuel 6:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And they of Beth-shemesh. — Beth-shemesh, or “House of the Sun,” nearly equivalent to Heliopolis, “City of the Sun,” was a priestly city. It would thus have seemed that this was a fitting home for...
1 Samuel 6:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER VII. THE ARK AMONG THE PHILISTINES. 1 Samuel 5:1-12 ; 1 Samuel 6:1-21 ALTHOUGH the history in Samuel is silent as to the doings of the Philistines immediately after their great victo...
1 Samuel 6:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Rashness Punished; Reverence Blessed 1 Samuel 6:13-21 ; 1 Samuel 7:1-4 The new cart, with its precious burden, must have come upon the men of Beth-shemesh like an apparition. The Ark was welco...
1 Samuel 6:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The authorities in Philistia now called a council, and sought the advice of their diviners. It is intensely interesting to observe how unanimously they recognized the action of Jehovah. Whatever the...
1 Samuel 6:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(13) And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. Is there not a similarity here to that of the Jew...
1 Samuel 6:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley ,.... Which began at Pentecost, in the month Sivan, about our May; so that there were many people in the fields, who were eyewi...
1 Samuel 6:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And [they of] Bethshemesh [were] reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see [it]. Ver. 13. And they of Bethshemesh were reaping,...
1 Samuel 6:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The seven months during which the Philistines had possessor of the ark was a full time in which to prove the severity of God's hand in solemn displeasure. How could they bear it any longer? There is...
1 Samuel 6:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Restoration of the Ark. B. C. 1119. 10 And the men did so; and took two milch kine...
1 Samuel 6:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
1 Samuel 6:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter 6. The Ark of God Is Returned to Israel With Due Tributes and Reparations ( 1 Samuel 6:1-16 ). Having determined to return the Ark to Israel the Philistines had a problem. How were they...
1 Samuel 6:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 6:1 . “Country,” literally the field . It probably signifies the cultivated plain . 1 Samuel 6:2 . “Diviners.” “That is, the organs of the Deity, w...
1 Samuel 6:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 6:2 . The ark of the Lord Hebrews of Jehovah. The Philistines knew the name of the Lord; and had heard of his wondrous works in Egypt, 1 Samuel 6:6 . They had great light, as indeed all...
1 Samuel 6:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley. The harvest field The words of the text give a harvest scene. I. Signs from God. Every harvest scene is a new Divine...
1 Samuel 6:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION RESTORATION OF THE ARK TO THE ISRAELITES ( 1 Samuel 6:1-9 ). 1 Samuel 6:1 , 1 Samuel 6:2 The ark of Jehovah was in the country —literally, the field, i.e....
1 Samuel 6:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And they of Beth-shemesh, which was a city set aside for priests on the boundary between Judah and Dan, Joshua 15:10 ; Joshua 21:16 , were reaping their wheat-harvest in the valley, about the beg...

1 Samuel 6:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 6:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 6:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 6:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 6:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 6:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 6:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 6:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 6:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 6:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 6:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 6:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 6:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 6:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 6:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann