1 Samuel 6:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land. ”

1 Samuel 6:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from...
1 Samuel 6:5 - 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 6:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

hand . See note on 1 Samuel 5:6 .
1 Samuel 6:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from...
1 Samuel 6:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land— "It was an ancient rite," says Mr. Locke, "that in case a city or country was infected with any plague of diseases o...
1 Samuel 6:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and...
1 Samuel 6:5 - 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 6:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Images of your mice. — This is the first mention of the plague of “mice” in the Hebrew text. The Greek Version had (see above) carefully appended to the description of the bodily disease the accoun...
1 Samuel 6:5 - 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 6:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Returned with a Trespass-Offering 1 Samuel 6:1-12 There is reason to suppose that when the Philistines got possession of the Ark, they destroyed Shiloh. See Psalms 78:60 ; Psalms 78:64 ; Jer...
1 Samuel 6:5 - 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 6:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(3) And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand...
1 Samuel 6:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods ,.... Which some take to be images of the five cities; others of a man at large with the disease in his back parts; others of that part of the body of...
1 Samuel 6:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from...
1 Samuel 6:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Of your mice that mar the land By this it appears that their county was infested by mice, which had eaten their corn in the field, and other fruits of the earth, though no mention is made of this b...
1 Samuel 6:5 - 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 6:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Ark Among the Philistines. B. C. 1120. 1 And the ark of the L ORD was in the countr...
1 Samuel 6:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Glory unto the God of Israel; the glory of his power in conquering you, who seemed and pretended to have conquered him; of his justice in punishing you; and of his goodness if he shall relieve you....
1 Samuel 6:5 - 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 6:5 - 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 6:5 - 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 6:5 - 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 6:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Ark sent back to Beth-Shemesh.
1 Samuel 6:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 5:11 ; 1 Samuel 5:3 ; 1 Samuel 5:4 ; 1 Samuel 5:6 ; 1 Samuel 5:7 ; Exodus 10:14 ; Exodus 10:15 ; Exodus 12:12 ; Exodus 8:17 ; Exodus 8:24 ; Exodus 8:5 ; Isaiah 19:1 ; Isaiah 42:...
1 Samuel 6:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Ark in the Land of the Philistines 1 Samuel 5:1-12 ; 1 Samuel 6:1-11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are several things we think should be emphasized. 1. Ebenezer means "Hitherto hath the Lord...
1 Samuel 6:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Give glory — The glory of his power in conquering you, who seemed to have conquered him; of his justice in punishing you, and of his goodness if he relieve you.

1 Samuel 6:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Samuel 6:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 6:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 6:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 6:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 6:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 6:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 6:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 6:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 6:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 6:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 6:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 6:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 6:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 6:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 6:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 6:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 6:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 6:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 6:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Samuel 6:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes