Passage Research
1 Samuel 6 — Sermon Preparation
After seven months of plagues, the Philistines return the ark to Israel on an ox-drawn cart with gold guilt offerings, and it arrives at Beth-shemesh. Below is a research summary for 1 Samuel 6, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 21
- verses
- 395 / 144
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 5
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
1 Samuel 6 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ | Bêyth Shemesh | H1053 | 13 | Beth-Shemesh |
| אָרוֹן | ʼârôwn | H727 | 10 | box |
| עֲגָלָה | ʻăgâlâh | H5699 | 7 | revolving, vehicle |
| פְּלִשְׁתִּי | Pᵉlishtîy | H6430 | 8 | Pelishtite |
| סֶרֶן | çeren | H5633 | 5 | axle, peer |
| זָהָב | zâhâb | H2091 | 7 | gold, something gold-colored |
| בֵּית הַשִּׁמְשִׁי | Bêyth hash-Shimshîy | H1030 | 4 | Beth-shimshite |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on 1 Samuel 6, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“It is a great affront to God, for vain men to pry into, and meddle with the secret things which belong not to them, De 29:29; Col 2:18. Man was ruined by desiring forbidden knowledge. God will not suffer his ark to be profaned. Be not deceived, God is not mocked. Those that will not fear his goodness, and reverently use the tokens of his grace, shall be made to feel his justice. The number smitten is expressed in an unusual manner in the original, and it is probable that it means 1170. They desire to be rid of the ark. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Samuel 6:19–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Beth-shemesh 1— 1 Sam 6:12
- Ekron— 1 Sam 6:16
- Ashdod— 1 Sam 6:17
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