1 Samuel 6:1
And the ark of Jehovah is in the field of the Philistines seven months,
Young's Literal Translation
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 have taken the ark of God, and bring it in from Eben-Ezer to Ashdod,
1 Samuel 5:10And they send the ark of God to Ekron, and it cometh to pass, at the coming in of the ark of God to Ekron, that the Ekronites cry out, saying, 'They have brought round unto us the ark of the God of Israel, to put us to death — 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 →