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1 Samuel 6:15 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 6 · verse 15
And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Bethshemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD.1 Samuel 6:15 · King James Version
1 Samuel 6:15 in context
13And 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.
14And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD.
15And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Bethshemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD.
16And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
17And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- BethshemeshBêyth ShemeshBeth-Shemesh, a place in PalestineH1053 →
- LevitesLêvîyîya Levite or descendant of LeviH3881 →
- cofferʼargâza boxH712 →
- jewelskᵉlîysomething preparedH3627 →
- greatgâdôwlgreatH1419 →
- stoneʼebena stoneH68 →
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We are here told, I. How the Philistines dismissed the ark, Sa1 6:10, Sa1 6:11. They were made as glad to part with it as ever they had been to take it.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-18