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

8Then take the ark of the Lord and place it on the cart; and put the articles of gold which you return to Him as a guilt offering in a saddlebag by its side. Then send it away that it may go. 9But watch: if it goes up by the way of its own territory to Beth-shemesh, then He has done this great evil to us. But if not, then we will know that it was not His hand that struck us; it happened to us by chance.” Then the men did so: they took two milk cows and hitched them to the cart, and shut in their calves at home. 11And they put the ark of the Lord on the cart, and the saddlebag with the gold mice and the likenesses of their tumors. 12Now the cows went straight in the direction of Beth-shemesh; they went on the same road, bellowing as they went, and did not turn off to the right or to the left. And the governors 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

• Then the menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• soכֵּןkên · soH3651
• they tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• milkעוּל‛ûl · to nurseH5763
• cowsפָּרָהpârâh · heiferH6510
• and hitchedאָסַר'âsar · to bindH631
• them to the cartעֲגָלָה‛ăgâlâh · cartH5699
• and shutכָּלָאkâlâ' · to restrainH3607
• in 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