Thematic Bible
1 Samuel 6:1 (show verse)
The Ark of the LORD remained in Philistine territory for seven months.
1 Samuel 6:2 (show verse)
The Philistines summoned the priests and diviners and asked, "What should we do about the Ark of the LORD? Tell us how we should send it back to its place."
1 Samuel 6:3 (show verse)
They said, "If you send the Ark of the God of Israel back, don't send it empty, but rather be sure to send back to him a guilt offering. Then you will be healed and will know why his oppression has not been removed from you."
Ark » In the tabernacle. Called the ark » Of God
Ark of the covenant » Miracles connected with » Manner of its restoration
Dedication » Personal of offerings » Trespass
Miracles » Catalogue of » The plague of hemorrhoids on the philistines
Offerings » Trespass
Offerings » Trespass » Offered by idolaters
Philistines » Sent back the ark and were healed
Ark of the covenant » Miracles connected with » Manner of its restoration
Dedication » Personal of offerings » Trespass
Miracles » Catalogue of » The plague of hemorrhoids on the philistines
Offerings » Trespass
Offerings » Trespass » Offered by idolaters
Philistines » Sent back the ark and were healed
1 Samuel 6:4 (show verse)
They asked, "What is the guilt offering that we should send back to him?"
Animals » Lions » Mice
Ark of the covenant » Miracles connected with » Manner of its restoration
Hemorrhoids » Disease » Afflicted » Philistines
Lord » A prince
Miracles » Catalogue of » The plague of hemorrhoids on the philistines
Mouse » Images of
Philistines » Lords of
Philistines » Sent back the ark and were healed
Plague » On the philistines
Tumor » A morbid swelling (rv)
Ark of the covenant » Miracles connected with » Manner of its restoration
Hemorrhoids » Disease » Afflicted » Philistines
Lord » A prince
Miracles » Catalogue of » The plague of hemorrhoids on the philistines
Mouse » Images of
Philistines » Lords of
Philistines » Sent back the ark and were healed
Plague » On the philistines
Tumor » A morbid swelling (rv)
1 Samuel 6:5 (show verse)
"Five gold tumors and five gold mice," they answered, "according to the number of the lords of the Philistines, since the same plague was on all of you and on your lords. Make images of your tumors and images of the mice that are destroying your land, and you are to give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps he will remove his pressure from you, your gods, and your land.
Ark of the covenant » Miracles connected with » Manner of its restoration
Boil » Of the philistines (rv, tumors)
Miracles » Catalogue of » The plague of hemorrhoids on the philistines
Mouse » Images of
Philistines » Sent back the ark and were healed
Plague » On the philistines
Tumor » A morbid swelling (rv)
Boil » Of the philistines (rv, tumors)
Miracles » Catalogue of » The plague of hemorrhoids on the philistines
Mouse » Images of
Philistines » Sent back the ark and were healed
Plague » On the philistines
Tumor » A morbid swelling (rv)
1 Samuel 6:6 (show verse)
Why should you harden your hearts just as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? Isn't it true that after God toyed with them, they let Israel go, and off they went?
1 Samuel 6:7 (show verse)
"So make a new cart, and take two milk cows that have never had a yoke on them. Hitch the cows to the cart and take their calves away from them and back to the house.
Agriculture or husbandry » Implements of » The cart
Animals » Names of » Kine
Ark of the covenant » Miracles connected with » Manner of its restoration
Cow » Used for pulling
Milk » Different kinds mentioned » Of cows
Milk » Of cows
Miracles » Catalogue of » The plague of hemorrhoids on the philistines
Miracles » Catalogue of » Even nursing cows return the ark of the covenant (walking away from their calves)
Oxen » Used for » Drawing wagons, &c
Philistines » Sent back the ark and were healed
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Directing all events
Animals » Names of » Kine
Ark of the covenant » Miracles connected with » Manner of its restoration
Cow » Used for pulling
Milk » Different kinds mentioned » Of cows
Milk » Of cows
Miracles » Catalogue of » The plague of hemorrhoids on the philistines
Miracles » Catalogue of » Even nursing cows return the ark of the covenant (walking away from their calves)
Oxen » Used for » Drawing wagons, &c
Philistines » Sent back the ark and were healed
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Directing all events
1 Samuel 6:8 (show verse)
Take the Ark of the LORD, put it on the cart, and put the gold objects that you are returning to him as a guilt offering in a box beside it. Then send it away and let it go.
Ark of the covenant » Miracles connected with » Manner of its restoration
Coffer » Chest
Cow » Used for pulling
Miracles » Catalogue of » The plague of hemorrhoids on the philistines
Miracles » Catalogue of » Even nursing cows return the ark of the covenant (walking away from their calves)
Offerings » Trespass » Offered by idolaters
Philistines » Sent back the ark and were healed
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Directing all events
Coffer » Chest
Cow » Used for pulling
Miracles » Catalogue of » The plague of hemorrhoids on the philistines
Miracles » Catalogue of » Even nursing cows return the ark of the covenant (walking away from their calves)
Offerings » Trespass » Offered by idolaters
Philistines » Sent back the ark and were healed
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Directing all events
1 Samuel 6:9 (show verse)
Keep watching it. If it goes up along the road to its own territory to Beth-shemesh, it's the LORD who has done this great evil to us. But if it does not, then we will know that he wasn't pressuring us. It happened to us as a natural event."
Ark of the covenant » Miracles connected with » Manner of its restoration
Beth-shemesh » A priestly city of the tribe of dan » On the northern border of territory of the tribe of judah
Cow » Used for pulling
Miracles » Catalogue of » The plague of hemorrhoids on the philistines
Miracles » Catalogue of » Even nursing cows return the ark of the covenant (walking away from their calves)
Philistines » Sent back the ark and were healed
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Directing all events
Beth-shemesh » A priestly city of the tribe of dan » On the northern border of territory of the tribe of judah
Cow » Used for pulling
Miracles » Catalogue of » The plague of hemorrhoids on the philistines
Miracles » Catalogue of » Even nursing cows return the ark of the covenant (walking away from their calves)
Philistines » Sent back the ark and were healed
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Directing all events
1 Samuel 6:10 (show verse)
The men did this. They took two milk cows, hitched them to the cart, and penned up their calves in the house.
Ark of the covenant » Miracles connected with » Manner of its restoration
Calves » Fed on » Milk
Cow » Used for pulling
Milk » Of cows
Miracles » Catalogue of » The plague of hemorrhoids on the philistines
Miracles » Catalogue of » Even nursing cows return the ark of the covenant (walking away from their calves)
Philistines » Sent back the ark and were healed
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Directing all events
Calves » Fed on » Milk
Cow » Used for pulling
Milk » Of cows
Miracles » Catalogue of » The plague of hemorrhoids on the philistines
Miracles » Catalogue of » Even nursing cows return the ark of the covenant (walking away from their calves)
Philistines » Sent back the ark and were healed
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Directing all events
1 Samuel 6:11 (show verse)
They put the Ark of the LORD, the box, the gold mice, and the images of their tumors on the cart.
Ark of the covenant » Miracles connected with » Manner of its restoration
Coffer » Chest
Cow » Used for pulling
Miracles » Catalogue of » The plague of hemorrhoids on the philistines
Miracles » Catalogue of » Even nursing cows return the ark of the covenant (walking away from their calves)
Mouse » Images of
Philistines » Sent back the ark and were healed
Tumor » A morbid swelling (rv)
Coffer » Chest
Cow » Used for pulling
Miracles » Catalogue of » The plague of hemorrhoids on the philistines
Miracles » Catalogue of » Even nursing cows return the ark of the covenant (walking away from their calves)
Mouse » Images of
Philistines » Sent back the ark and were healed
Tumor » A morbid swelling (rv)
1 Samuel 6:12 (show verse)
The cows took a straight path along the road to Beth-shemesh. They stayed on the highway, lowing as they went, and did not turn to the right or the left. The Philistine lords followed them as far as the border of Beth-shemesh.
Ark of the covenant » Miracles connected with » Manner of its restoration
Beth-shemesh » A priestly city of the tribe of dan » On the northern border of territory of the tribe of judah
Cow » Used for pulling
Highways » Generally straight
Miracles » Catalogue of » The plague of hemorrhoids on the philistines
Miracles » Catalogue of » Even nursing cows return the ark of the covenant (walking away from their calves)
Philistines » Lords of
Philistines » Sent back the ark and were healed
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Directing all events
Beth-shemesh » A priestly city of the tribe of dan » On the northern border of territory of the tribe of judah
Cow » Used for pulling
Highways » Generally straight
Miracles » Catalogue of » The plague of hemorrhoids on the philistines
Miracles » Catalogue of » Even nursing cows return the ark of the covenant (walking away from their calves)
Philistines » Lords of
Philistines » Sent back the ark and were healed
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Directing all events
1 Samuel 6:13 (show verse)
Now the people of Beth-shemesh were gathering their wheat harvest in the valley. They looked up, saw the Ark, and rejoiced to see it.
Ark of the covenant » Miracles connected with » Manner of its restoration
Miracles » Catalogue of » The plague of hemorrhoids on the philistines
Miracles » Catalogue of » Even nursing cows return the ark of the covenant (walking away from their calves)
Philistines » Sent back the ark and were healed
Reaping » The ark of the covenant returned by the philistines at the time of
Valleys » Of israel well tilled and fruitful
Miracles » Catalogue of » The plague of hemorrhoids on the philistines
Miracles » Catalogue of » Even nursing cows return the ark of the covenant (walking away from their calves)
Philistines » Sent back the ark and were healed
Reaping » The ark of the covenant returned by the philistines at the time of
Valleys » Of israel well tilled and fruitful
1 Samuel 6:14 (show verse)
The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh, and stopped there. In that place there was a large stone. They broke up the wood from the cart, and offered up the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.
Ark of the covenant » Miracles connected with » Manner of its restoration
the Burnt offering » Was offered » After great mercies
Joshua » Israelite
Miracles » Catalogue of » The plague of hemorrhoids on the philistines
Miracles » Catalogue of » Even nursing cows return the ark of the covenant (walking away from their calves)
Philistines » Sent back the ark and were healed
the Burnt offering » Was offered » After great mercies
Joshua » Israelite
Miracles » Catalogue of » The plague of hemorrhoids on the philistines
Miracles » Catalogue of » Even nursing cows return the ark of the covenant (walking away from their calves)
Philistines » Sent back the ark and were healed
1 Samuel 6:15 (show verse)
The descendants of Levi took down the Ark of the LORD, along with the box that was with it, containing the objects of gold, and they put them on the large stone. The men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD that day.
1 Samuel 6:16 (show verse)
When the five Philistine lords saw this, they returned to Ekron that very day.
1 Samuel 6:17 (show verse)
These are the gold tumors that the Philistines returned as a guilt offering to the LORD: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, and one for Ekron.
Ark of the covenant » Miracles connected with » Manner of its restoration
Ashdod » A city » A city of the philistines
Ashkelon » Emerods (tumors, rv) of
Gath » One of the five chief cities of the philistines
Miracles » Catalogue of » The plague of hemorrhoids on the philistines
Offerings » Trespass » Offered by idolaters
Philistines » Sent back the ark and were healed
Philistines » Country of » Had many flourishing cities
Tumor » A morbid swelling (rv)
Ashdod » A city » A city of the philistines
Ashkelon » Emerods (tumors, rv) of
Gath » One of the five chief cities of the philistines
Miracles » Catalogue of » The plague of hemorrhoids on the philistines
Offerings » Trespass » Offered by idolaters
Philistines » Sent back the ark and were healed
Philistines » Country of » Had many flourishing cities
Tumor » A morbid swelling (rv)
1 Samuel 6:18 (show verse)
The gold mice represented the number of all the Philistine towns belonging to the five lords, both fortified towns and unwalled villages. The large stone, beside which they put the Ark of the LORD, is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.
Abel » A stone
Ark of the covenant » Miracles connected with » Manner of its restoration
Joshua » Israelite
Miracles » Catalogue of » The plague of hemorrhoids on the philistines
Mouse » Images of
Offerings » Trespass » Offered by idolaters
Philistines » Sent back the ark and were healed
Stones » Great, as landmarks (some hebrew mss. Have "abel")
Ark of the covenant » Miracles connected with » Manner of its restoration
Joshua » Israelite
Miracles » Catalogue of » The plague of hemorrhoids on the philistines
Mouse » Images of
Offerings » Trespass » Offered by idolaters
Philistines » Sent back the ark and were healed
Stones » Great, as landmarks (some hebrew mss. Have "abel")
1 Samuel 6:19 (show verse)
God struck down the men of Beth-shemesh because they had looked into the Ark of the LORD. He struck down 50,070 men among the people, and the people mourned because the LORD struck down the people with a great slaughter.
Anger of God » Exemplified against » Men of beth-shemesh
Ark of the covenant » Profanation of, punished
Curiosity » Examples of idle » The men of beth-shemesh desired to see the inside of the ark
Curiosity » Instances of » Of the people of beth-shemish, to look inside the ark of the covenant
Judgments » Upon nations--exemplified » People of bethshemesh
Miracles » Catalogue of » The destruction of the people of beth-shemesh
Presumption » Exemplified » Men of beth-shemesh
Presumption » Instances of » Men of beth-shemesh
Repression of evil » Seven evils to be repressed » Idle curiosity
Sacrilege » Instances of » Of the people of beth-shemesh
Seven » Evils to be repressed » Idle curiosity
Ark of the covenant » Profanation of, punished
Curiosity » Examples of idle » The men of beth-shemesh desired to see the inside of the ark
Curiosity » Instances of » Of the people of beth-shemish, to look inside the ark of the covenant
Judgments » Upon nations--exemplified » People of bethshemesh
Miracles » Catalogue of » The destruction of the people of beth-shemesh
Presumption » Exemplified » Men of beth-shemesh
Presumption » Instances of » Men of beth-shemesh
Repression of evil » Seven evils to be repressed » Idle curiosity
Sacrilege » Instances of » Of the people of beth-shemesh
Seven » Evils to be repressed » Idle curiosity
1 Samuel 6:20 (show verse)
The men of Beth-shemesh asked themselves, "Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? And to whom will the Ark go from here?"
1 Samuel 6:21 (show verse)
They sent messengers to the residents of Kiriath-jearim, who told them, "The Philistines have returned the Ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up with you."