King James Version
1 Samuel 6:10 in the King James Version says “And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:”
1 Samuel 6:10 · King James Version
And take the ark of the LORD, 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.
And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, 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. he: or, it
And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, 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 Bethshemesh.
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Compare 3 commentaries from different scholars and time periods for a richer understanding.
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
“and tied”
H631to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“their calves”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“at home”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
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