1 Samuel 6:11 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 6:11

Then they put the ark of the LORD on the cart, along with the chest containing the gold rats and the images of the tumors.

BSB

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ASV

and they put the ark of Jehovah upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their tumors.

KJV

And they laid the ark of the Lord upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And they laid the ark of the Lord upon the cart,.... Perhaps the same men that made the cart; however they were the Philistines, yet were not punished for touching it, as Uzzah was, though an Israelite, 2Sa 6:6. and the coffer with the mice of gold, and the images of their emerods; which coffer was placed in a purse or bag hung at the side of the ark, with the golden mice and emerods in it.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Justin Martyr

Dialogue with Trypho, Chapter CXXXII (165)

You are aware, then, that when the ark of the testimony was seized by the enemies of Ashdod, and a terrible and incurable malady had broken out among them, they resolved to place it on a cart to which they yoked cows that had recently calved, for the purpose of ascertaining by trial whether or not they had been plagued by God's power on account of the ark, and if God wished it to be taken back to the place from which it had been carried away.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Thus the ark that was carried into the land of the Philistines, a trophy of their victory, carried back with it trophies of its own, and lasting monuments of the disgrace of the Philistines. Note, God will be no loser in his glory, at last, by the successes of the church's enemies against his ark, but will get himself honour from those that seek to do dishonour to him.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Beth-shemesh--that is, "house of the sun," now Ain Shems [ROBINSON], a city of priests in Judah, in the southeast border of Dan, lying in a beautiful and extensive valley.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּשִׂ֛מוּ	vai.ya.Si.mu	and they put	H7760 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אֲר֥וֹן	'a.Ron	[the] ark of	H727 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֶל־	'el-	into	H413 →
הָעֲגָלָ֑ה	ha.'a.ga.Lah	the cart	H5699 →
וְאֵ֣ת	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
הָאַרְגַּ֗ז	ha.'ar.Gaz	the box	H712 →
וְאֵת֙	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
עַכְבְּרֵ֣י	'akh.be.Rei	[the] mice of	H5909 →
הַזָּהָ֔ב	ha.za.Hav	<the> gold	H2091 →
וְאֵ֖ת	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
צַלְמֵ֥י	tzal.Mei	[the] images of	H6754 →
טְחֹרֵיהֶֽם׃	te.cho.rei.Hem	tumors their	H2914 →

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Through
2 Samuel 6:3
They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 6:7
  Now, therefore, prepare one new cart with two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Numbers 7:4–9
  And the LORD said to Moses,
- Numbers 4:5–12
  Whenever the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the veil of the curtain, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it.
Through
1 Chronicles 13:7
So they carried the ark of God from the house of Abinadab on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding the cart.
leads to
- Numbers 4:15
  When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they…
- 1 Chronicles 15:13
  It was because you Levites were not with us the first time that the LORD our God burst forth in anger against us. For we did not consult Him about the proper order.”
- 1 Chronicles 15:2
  Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before Him forever.”
- 2 Samuel 6:3
  They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new…

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Where the connections lead

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About 1 Samuel