I. Samvuey VII. 2.

two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut_up their calves at home:
il And they laid -the_ark_of / the Lorp upon the cart, and -the coffer with -the_mice_of xgold and -the_ images_of their ‘« emerods.,
12 And the kine took_the_straight way to the_way_of » Beth-shemesh, and went along othe highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside éo the righthand or to the left; and the_ p Jords_of the Philistines +went after them unto. the_border_of Beth-she- mesh.
13 And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted_up their «eyes, and saw -the ark, and rejoiced to see
14 And the cart came into the_field_ of Joshua, a xBeth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great xstone : and they clave -the_wood_of the cart, and offered v “the kine « a burnt_offer- ing unto J the Lorp.
15 And the Levites took_down -the_ ark_of /the Lorp, and «the coffer that was with it, wherein the_jewels_of gold were,and put them on the great xstone: and the_emen_of Beth-shemesh of- fered u aburnt_offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same xday unto ‘the Lorp.
16 And when the five plords_of the Philistines had-seen if, they returned to Ekron the same «day.
17 And these ave the golden ‘« eme- rods which the Philistines returned for a trespass_offering unto ! the Lorp ; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
18 And the golden mice, according to the-number_of all the _cities_of the Philistines belonging_to the five » xlords, both of fenced cities, and of xcountry villages, even unto the great stone of ab Abel, whereon they set_down -the_ ark_of Jthe Lorp: which stone re- maineth unto xthis xday in the_field_ of Joshua, the Beth-shemite.
19 And Hes smote the_« men_of Beth- shemesh, because they had_looked into
the_ark_of Jthe Lorn, even He smote| 5,
of the people fifty thousand and three- score and ten ‘men: and the people m lamented, because Jthe Lorp had_ smitten many of the people with a great sm slaughter.
20 And the_#men_of Beth-shemesh said, “Who tis_able to stand before xthis xholy ! Lorp x=God ? and to whom shall_he_go_up from us?”
B.C. about 1140.
J. Jehovah.
tu. tumours.
b. Beth-she- mesh, Housc-of the sun.
o. one.
p. princes.
u. offered. up.
i. an. AS- cending- offering.
15. Josh. 21. 16,
@. wnah- shim.
u. offered_ up.
a. ascend- ing-offer- ings.
THE GOLDEN EMERODS AND MICE.
ab. Abel, Meadow, or Mourning.
BETH- SHEMESH, 19. See Ex.19. 21. Num. 4.
15, 20,
2 Sam. 6. 7. 8. probably by pesti- lence. a. ish. m.mourned. sm. smiting. 20.2 Sam.6.9. J.G. Jeho- vah the Elohim, the Triune :
21 And they sent messengers to the_| God.
inhabitants_of * Kirjath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines -have_brought again -the_ark_of Jthe Lorp ; come_ye_down,
and fetch it up to you.” nan the_emen_of Kirjath-jearim came, and fetched_up ‘the Lorp, and brought it into the_ house_of « Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified ~Eleazar his son tokeep -the_ ark_of ! the Lorp. 2 And it came_to_pass, while the ark
k. Kirjath- jearim, City_of woods.
THE ARK BROUGHT UP.
@, anah- shim.
J. Jehovah. a.Abinadab, Father-of nobility or liberality.
about 1120,
221