I Samuel 6:9
The Scripture
(9) 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.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
First Samuel 6 records the Philistines' return of the ark after seven months, following the advice of their priests and diviners to send it back with a trespass offering of five golden emerods and five golden mice on a new cart drawn by milk cows that had never been yoked. The cows head straight toward Bethshemesh, confirming that the calamity was from the Lord, but the men of Bethshemesh are struck down for looking into the ark. Survivors then send messengers to Kirjathjearim asking them to come and fetch the ark.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Joshua 15:10Joshua 21:16Amos 3:6Isaiah 26:11II Samuel 1:6Ecclesiastes 9:11Luke 10:31
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