1 Samuel 6:13

And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The whole population was in the field. The harvest work was suspended in an instant, and all the workmen ran to where the ark was.
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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they of Beth-she'mesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it....
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And they of Beth-shemesh. — Beth-shemesh, or “House of the Sun,” nearly equivalent to Heliopolis, “City of the Sun,” was a priestly city. It would...
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 t...
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...
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 th...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(13) And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it....
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley ,.... Which began at Pentecost, in the month Sivan, about our May; so that th...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And [they of] Bethshemesh [were] reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see [it]....
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 displea...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Restoration of the Ark. B. C. 1119. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
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 Is...
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 ....
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,...
The Biblical Illustrator

And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley. The harvest field The words of the text give a harvest scene. I. Si...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And they of Beth-shemesh, which was a city set aside for priests on the boundary between Judah and Dan, Joshua 15:10 ; Joshua 21:16 , were reaping...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Ark Accepted, but the People Slain

¹³ And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 6:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 6:13