1 Samuel 6:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch it up to you. ”

1 Samuel 6:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Kirjath-jearim - See Joshua 9:17 note. It has been thought that there was a high place at Kirjath-jearim (the hill, 1 Samuel 7:1 ), the remnant of its old pagan sanctity when it was called Kir...
1 Samuel 6:21 - 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 6:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch it up to you. To the inhabitants of Kirjath-jea...
1 Samuel 6:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath-je'arim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch it up to you. They sent messengers to t...
1 Samuel 6:21 - 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 6:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Kirjath-jearim. — Kirjath-jearim should be spelt and pronounced Kirjatb-jearim, the “city of woods” (wood-ville, wood-town, wooton). Its modern name is Kurzet-el-Erab, “the city of grapes,” the woo...
1 Samuel 6:21 - 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 6:21 - 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 6:21 - 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 6:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(21) And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch it up to you. Kirjath-jearim means the city...
1 Samuel 6:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim ,.... Which was a city further on in the tribe of Judah, and lay among some woods, from whence it had its name, and was formerly called K...
1 Samuel 6:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, [and] fetch it up to you. Ver. 21. Fetch it up to you, ]...
1 Samuel 6:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Kirjath-jearim Whither they sent, either because the place was not far off from them, and so it might soon be removed: or, because it was a place of eminence and strength, and somewhat farther dist...
1 Samuel 6:21 - 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 6:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Ark at Beth-shemesh. B. C. 1119. 19 And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because...
1 Samuel 6:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They sent to Kirjath-jearim, either because the place was not far from them, and so it might soon be removed, which they mainly desired; or because it was a place of eminency and strength, and somewh...
1 Samuel 6:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Ark of God Brings Misery On The Israelites Who Disrespect It ( 1 Samuel 6:17 to 1 Samuel 7:2 ). The rejoicing of Israel turned to lamentation as a result of the irreverent behaviour of the p...
1 Samuel 6:21 - 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 6:21 - 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 6:21 - 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 6:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Ark Accepted, but the People Slain
1 Samuel 6:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 13:5 ; 1 Chronicles 13:6 ; Jeremiah 7:12 ; Jeremiah 7:14 ; Joshua 18:14 ; Judges 18:12 ; Psalms 78:60
1 Samuel 6:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Kirjath — jearim — Whither they sent, either because the place was not far off from them, and so it might soon be removed: or because it was a place of eminency and strength, and somewhat farther d...

1 Samuel 6:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 6:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 6:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 6:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 6:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 6:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 6:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 6:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 6:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 6:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 6:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 6:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 6:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 6:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 6:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 6:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 6:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes