Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 6:1

1 Yēhéhuá de yuē guì zaì Fēilìshì rén zhī dì qī gè yuè .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 6:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 6:1

And the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines
seven months.
] Or "in the field" ^F3 of the Philistines; hence Procopius Gazaeus observes, that none of the cities daring to receive the ark, they left it without under the open air, so thinking they should be delivered from their calamity. But the word is often used for country, and is generally so understood here; the Targum is,

``in the cities of the Philistines;''

in one or other of them, first for a while in Ashdod, and then for some time in Gath, and last in Ekron, and in all seven months from the time of its being taken; and it being in wheat harvest when it was returned, ( 1 Samuel 6:13 ) , these seven months will carry us back to the beginning of winter, or towards the end of autumn, when the battles between Israel and the Philistines were fought, and the ark was taken. Josephus ^F4 says it was with the Philistines four months only, contrary to the text.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (hdvb) (en agrw) , Sept. "in agro", Pagninus, Montanus.
F4 Antiqu. l. 6. c. 1. sect. 4.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 6:1 In-Context

1 Yēhéhuá de yuē guì zaì Fēilìshì rén zhī dì qī gè yuè .

2 Fēilìshì rén jiāng jìsī hé zhān bo de jù le lái , wèn tāmen shuō , wǒmen xiàng Yēhéhuá de yuē guì yīngdāng zĕnyàng xíng . qǐng zhǐshì wǒmen yòng hé fǎ jiāng yuē guì sòng huí yuán chù .

3 Tāmen shuō , ruò yào jiāng Yǐsèliè shén de yuē guì sòng huí qù , bùkĕ kōng kōng de sòng qù , bìyào gĕi tā xiàn péi zuì de lǐwù , ránhòu nǐmen kĕ dé quányù , bìng zhīdào tāde shǒu wèihé bù líkāi nǐmen .

4 Fēilìshì rén shuō , yīngdāng yòng shénme xiàn wèi péi zuì de lǐwù ne . tāmen huídá shuō , dāng zhào Fēilìshì shǒulǐng de shùmù , yòng wǔ gè jīn zhì chuāng , wǔ gè jīn lǎo shǔ , yīnwei zaì nǐmen zhòngrén hé nǐmen shǒulǐng de shēnshang dōu shì yíyàng de zāi .

5 Suǒyǐ dāng zhìzào nǐmen zhì chuāng de xiàng hé huǐhuaì nǐmen tiándì lǎo shǔ de xiàng , bìng yào guī róngyào gĕi Yǐsèliè de shén , huòzhĕ tā xiàng nǐmen hé nǐmen de shén , bìng nǐmen de tiándì , bǎ shǒu fàng qīng xiē .