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

8And take the ark of Yhwh, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go. 9And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth–shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us. And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home: 11And they laid the ark of Yhwh upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods. 12And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth–shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto 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

• 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