1 Samuel 6:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD. ”

1 Samuel 6:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A great stone - (Compare Genesis 28:18 ; Judges 13:19 ). This great stone was probably used as an altar on this occasion, and the kine stopping at it of their own accord was understood by the B...
1 Samuel 6:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there, where [there was] a great stone: and (h) they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LO...
1 Samuel 6:14 - 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 6:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

offered offered up . App-43.
1 Samuel 6:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD....
1 Samuel 6:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD...
1 Samuel 6:14 - 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 6:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite. — The great stone — most likely a mass of natural rock rising from the soil — was the occasion of the cart being stopped there, Beth-shemesh and its suburbs bei...
1 Samuel 6:14 - 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 6:14 - 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 6:14 - 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 6:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(14) And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LOR...
1 Samuel 6:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite ,.... In that part of the valley where they were reaping wheat which belonged to him, whom we nowhere else read; whether a priest or Levite,...
1 Samuel 6:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there, where [there was] a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD....
1 Samuel 6:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The cart came into the field of Joshua, and stood there This was another marvellous thing, that the kine went no further, but stood, as soon as they were come into the territory of a city belonging...
1 Samuel 6:14 - 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 6:14 - 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 6:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They clave; not the lords of the Philistines, but the Beth-shemites, to wit, the priests that dwelt there. A burnt-offering to the Lord: there may seem to be a double error in this act. First, Th...
1 Samuel 6:14 - 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 6:14 - 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 6:14 - 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 6:14 - 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 6:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Ark Accepted, but the People Slain
1 Samuel 6:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 18:30-38 ; 1 Samuel 11:5 ; 1 Samuel 20:29 ; 1 Samuel 7:9-17 ; 2 Samuel 24:18 ; 2 Samuel 24:22 ; 2 Samuel 24:25 ; Exodus 20:24 ; Judges 21:4 ; Judges 6:26
1 Samuel 6:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

They — Not the lords of the Philistines, but the Beth — shemites, the priest that dwelt there. Offered the kine — There may seem to he a double error in this act. First, that they offered females...

1 Samuel 6:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Samuel 6:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 6:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 6:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 6:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 6:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 6:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 6:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 6:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 6:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 6:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 6:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 6:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 6:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 6:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 6:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 6:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 6:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 6:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes