1 Samuel 6:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day. ”

1 Samuel 6:16 - 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 6:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it , they returned to Ekron the same day.
1 Samuel 6:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day. When the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day. 'Afar thi...
1 Samuel 6:16 - 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 6:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They returned to Ekron. — The five Philistine princes, when they had watched the strange scene from a distance, returned; their mission was accomplished, and the question solved as to the source of...
1 Samuel 6:16 - 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 6:16 - 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 6:16 - 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 6:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(16) And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day. (17) And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the...
1 Samuel 6:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it ,.... Observed all that was done, how the kine performed their journey, drew the cart in which the ark was straight to Bethshemesh, stopped in...
1 Samuel 6:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen [it], they returned to Ekron the same day. Ver. 16. They returned to Ekron the same day. ] Amazed and convinced, but not effectually converted,...
1 Samuel 6:16 - 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 6:16 - 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 6:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To wit, when they had seen that prodigious return of the ark to its own country, and the entertainment it found there.
1 Samuel 6:16 - 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 6:16 - 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 6:16 - 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 6:16 - 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 6:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Ark Accepted, but the People Slain
1 Samuel 6:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 5:10 ; 1 Samuel 6:12 ; 1 Samuel 6:4 ; Joshua 13:3 ; Judges 16:23-30 ; Judges 16:5 ; Judges 3:3

1 Samuel 6:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 6:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 6:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 6:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 6:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 6:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 6:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 6:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 6:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 6:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 6:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 6:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 6:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 6:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 6:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge