1 Samuel 6:10

1 Samuel 6:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
• New International Version (NIV)So they did this. They took two such cows and hitched them to the cart and penned up their calves.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The men did so, and took two milk cows and yoked them to the cart and shut up their calves at home.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the men did so; they took two milk cows and hitched them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.

Context of 1 Samuel 6:10

8Take the ark of the Lord, and put it on the cart. Put the gold objects which you’re giving him as a guilt offering in a box beside the ark. Send the cart on its way, 9but then watch where it goes. If it goes up the road to its own country toward Beth Shemesh, then this disaster is the Lord’s doing. But if not, we’ll know it wasn’t his hand that struck us, but what happened to us was an accident.” The people did this. They took two dairy cows, hitched them to a cart, and shut the calves in the stall. 11They put the ark of the Lord and the box containing the gold mice and the models of their hemorrhoids on the cart. 12The cows went straight up the road to Beth Shemesh. Continually mooing, they stayed on the road and didn’t turn right or left. The rulers of the Philistines followed them to the border of Beth Shemesh.

1 Samuel 6:10 word by word

וַיַּעֲשׂ֤וּ הָאֲנָשִׁים֙ כֵּ֔ן וַיִּקְח֗וּ שְׁתֵּ֤י פָרוֹת֙ עָל֔וֹת וַיַּאַסְר֖וּם בָּעֲגָלָ֑ה וְאֶת־בְּנֵיהֶ֖ם כָּל֥וּ בַבָּֽיִת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• did soעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• and tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• milchעוּל‛ûl · to nurseH5763
• kineפָּרָהpârâh · heiferH6510
• and tiedאָסַר'âsar · to bindH631
• them to the cartעֲגָלָה‛ăgâlâh · cartH5699
• and shut upכָּלָאkâlâ' · to restrainH3607
• their calvesבֵּןbên · son: young animalH1121
• at homeבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 6:10

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-18Verses 10-18 These two kine knew their owner, their great Owner, whom Hophin and Phinehas knew not. God's providence takes notice even of brute creatures, and serves its own purposes by them. When the reapers saw the ark, they rejoiced; their joy for that was greater than the joy of harvest. The return of the ark, and the revival of holy ordinances, after days of restraint and trouble, are matters of great joy.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-129-12. 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. Josephus says they were set a-going near a place where the road divided into two--the one leading back to Ekron, where were their calves, and the other to Beth-shemesh. Their frequent lowings attested their ardent longing for their young, and at the same time the supernatural…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 6:10

• Cart
• Cow
• Kirjath-Jearim
• Milk
• Miracles

In the dictionaries

• Along
• David
• Harden
• Harness
• Return
• Samuel, Books of
• Ark of the Covenant
• Beth-Shemesh
• Cart
• Cow; Kine

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings