1 Samuel 6:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them: ”

1 Samuel 6:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A new cart ... kine on which there hath come no yoke - This was so ordered in reverence to the ark, and was a right and true feeling. See Mark 11:2 ; Matthew 27:60 . For the supposed special vi...
1 Samuel 6:7 - 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 6:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

a new cart . This was done in ignorance of God's requirement ( Numbers 4:15 ; Numbers 7:9 ; Numbers 10:21 ). They could not have complied with the Law, even if they had known it; hence, no judgmen...
1 Samuel 6:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them: Make a new cart - It was indecent and im...
1 Samuel 6:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them: Make a new cart, х `ªgaalaah...
1 Samuel 6:7 - 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 6:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Now therefore make a new cart. — The note here in the Speaker’s Commentary is interesting. “This was so ordered in reverence to the Ark, and was a right and true feeling. (See Numbers 19:2 ; 2...
1 Samuel 6:7 - 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 6:7 - 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 6:7 - 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 6:7 - 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 6:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Now therefore make a new cart ,.... For there were no Levites, nor priests of the Lord to carry it upon their shoulders, as it was wont to be when carried, and therefore they ordered a cart to be ma...
1 Samuel 6:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them: Ver. 7. Now therefore make a new ca...
1 Samuel 6:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Make a new cart , &c. It was in honour of the ark that they employed nothing about it that had ever served for any other use. And there was another reason for choosing such kine as are here ment...
1 Samuel 6:7 - 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 6:7 - 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 6:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Make a new cart; as David did for the same use, 2 Samuel 6:3 , in reverence to the ark. On which there hath come no yoke; partly in respect to the ark, and partly for the better discovery, bec...
1 Samuel 6:7 - 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 6:7 - 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 6:7 - 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 6:7 - 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 6:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Ark sent back to Beth-Shemesh.
1 Samuel 6:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 13:7 ; 2 Samuel 6:3 ; Numbers 19:2
1 Samuel 6:7 - 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 6:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Milch kine, &c. — In respect to the ark; and for the better discovery, because such untamed heifers are apt to wander, and keep no certain and constant paths, as oxen accustomed to the yoke do,...

1 Samuel 6:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 6:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 6:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 6:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 6:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 6:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 6:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 6:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 6:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 6:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 6:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 6:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 6:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 6:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 6:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 6:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 6:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 6:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 6:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Samuel 6:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes