1 Samuel 6:1

Now the ark of God was in the land of the Philistines seven months.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

In Context

2And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying: What shall we do with the ark of the Lord? tell us how we are to send it back to its place? And they said:

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Cross References

1 Samuel 5:1And the Philistines took the ark of God, and carried it from the Stone of help into Azotus.

1 Samuel 5:10Therefore they sent the ark of God into Accaron. And when the ark of God was come into Accaron, the Accaronites cried out, saying: They have brought the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 6:1

In this chapter we have the return of the ark to the land of Israel, whither we are now gladly to attend it, and observe, I. How the Philistines dismissed it, by the advice of their priests ( ver. 1-11 ), with rich presents to the God of Israel, to make an atonement for their sin ( ver. 3-5 ), and yet with a project to bring it back, unless Providence directed the kine, contrary to their inclination, to go to the land of Israel, ver. 8, 9 . II. How the Israelites entertained it. 1. With great joy and sacrifices of… Read the whole commentary →

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