1 Samuel 6:1
And the ark of the Lord was in the fields of the Philistines seven months.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 5:1And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ha'ezer unto Ashdod.
1 Samuel 5:10And they sent away the ark of God to 'Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to 'Ekron, that the 'Ekronites cried out, saying, They have removed to us the ark of the God of Israel, to slay 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 →