1 Samuel 6:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

The great stone of Abel ... - Probably so called from the “lamentation” described in 1 Samuel 6:19.

1 Samuel 6:18

18 And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the greatc stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite.