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6:1 When the ark <0727> of the Lord <03068> had been <01961> in the land <07704> of the Philistines <06430> for seven <07651> months <02320>, 6:2 the Philistines <06430> called <07121> the priests <03548> and the omen readers <07080>, saying <0559>, “What <04100> should we do <06213> with the ark <0727> of the Lord <03068>? Advise <03045> us as to how <04100> we should send <07971> it back to its place <04725>.” 6:3 They replied <0559>, “If <0518> you are going to send <07971> the ark <0727> of the God <0430> of Israel <03478> back <07971>, don’t <0408> send <07971> it away empty <07387>. Be sure to return <07725> <07725> it with a guilt offering <0817>. Then <0227> you will be healed <07495>, and you will understand <03045> why <04100> his hand <03027> is not <03808> removed <05493> from <04480> you.” 6:4 They inquired <0559>, “What <04100> is the guilt offering <0817> that <0834> we should send <07725> to him?” They replied <0559>, “The Philistine <06430> leaders <05633> number <04557> five. So send five <02568> gold <02091> sores <06076> and five <02568> gold <02091> mice <05909>, for <03588> it is the same <0259> plague <04046> that has afflicted both <03605> you and your leaders <05633>. 6:5 You should make <06213> images <06754> of the sores <06076> and images <06754> of the mice <05909> that are destroying <07843> the land <0776>. You should honor <03519> <05414> the God <0430> of Israel <03478>. Perhaps <0194> he will release <07043> his grip <03027> on <05921> <05921> you, your gods <0430>, and your land <0776>. 6:6 Why <04100> harden <03513> your hearts <03824> like the Egyptians <04713> and Pharaoh <06547> did? When <0834> God treated <05953> them harshly <05953>, didn’t <03808> the Egyptians send <07971> the Israelites on <01980> their way <01980>? 6:7 So now <06258> go and make <06213> a <0259> new <02319> cart <05699>. Get <03947> two <08147> cows <06510> that have calves <05763> and that <0834> have never <03808> had a yoke <05923> placed <05927> on <05921> them. Harness <0631> the cows <06510> to the cart <05699> and take <07725> their calves <01121> from them back <07725> to <0310> their stalls <01004>. 6:8 Then take <03947> the ark <0727> of the Lord <03068> and place <05414> it on <0413> the cart <05699>, and put <07760> in a chest <0712> beside <06654> it the gold <02091> objects <03627> you are sending <07725> to him as a guilt offering <0817>. You should then send <07971> it on its way <01980>. 6:9 But keep an eye <07200> on it. If <0518> it should go up <05927> by the way <01870> of its own border <01366> to Beth Shemesh <01053>, then he <01931> has brought <06213> this <02063> great <01419> calamity <07451> on us. But if <0518> that is not <03808> the case, then we will know <03045> that <03588> it was not <03808> his hand <03027> that struck <05060> us; rather, it <01931> just happened <01961> to us by accident <04745>.” 6:10 So the men <0376> did <06213> as instructed <03651>. They took <03947> two <08147> cows <06510> that had calves <05763> and harnessed <0631> them to a cart <05699>; they also removed <03607> their calves <01121> to their stalls <01004>.

• 1Sa 6:1--7:1 -- The Philistines Return the Ark

• Cart

  [ebd] a vehicle moving on wheels, and usually drawn by oxen (2 Sam. 6:3). The Hebrew word thus rendered, 'agalah (1 Sam. 6:7, 8), is also rendered "wagon" (Gen. 45:19). It is used also to denote a war-chariot (Ps. 46:9). Carts wer...
  [isbe] CART - kart (`aghalah): The Hebrew word has been translated in some passages "cart," and in others "wagon." In one verse only has it been translated "chariot." The context of the various passages indicates that a distinction...
  [smith] (Genesis 45:19,27; Numbers 7:3,7,8) a vehicle drawn by cattle, (2 Samuel 6:6) to be distinguished from the chariot drawn by horses. Carts and wagons were either open or covered, (Numbers 7:3) and were used for conveyance o...
  [nave] CART, 1 Sam. 6:7-14; 2 Sam. 6:3; Isa. 28:27, 28. See: Wagon.
  

• David

  [ebd] beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother's name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam. 17:25. As to his personal ...
  

• Miracles

  [nave] MIRACLES. Index of Sub-topics Catalog of, and Supernatural Events, Of Jesus, in Chronological Order, Of the Disciples of Jesus; Convincing Effect of; Design of; Miraculous Gifts of the Holy Spirit; Miscellany of Minor Sub-...
  

• Kirjath-jearim

  [nave] KIRJATH-JEARIM, called also Baalah, one of the four cities of the Gibeonites. Inhabitants of, not killed, on account of the covenant made by the Israelites with the Gibeonites, but put under servitude, Josh. 9:17, with verses...
  

• Ark

  [nave] ARK 1. Noah's. Directions for building of, Gen. 6:14-16. Noah and family preserved in, Gen. 6:18; 7:8; Matt. 24:38; Heb. 11:7; 1 Pet. 3:20. Animals saved in, Gen. 6:19, 20; 7:1-16. 2. Of Bulrushes, Ex. 2:3. 3. In the Tab...
  

• Philistines

  [nave] PHILISTINES Descendants of Mizraim, Gen. 10:14; 1 Chr. 1:12; Jer. 47:4; Amos 9:7. Called Cherethites, 1 Sam. 30:14-16; Ezek. 25:16; Zeph. 2:5; Casluhim, Gen. 10:14; 1 Chr. 1:12; Caphtorim, Jer. 47:4; Amos 9:7. Territory of...
  

• PALESTINE EXPLORATION, 2B

  [isbe] PALESTINE EXPLORATION, 2B - 4. Central Palestine: (1) Jerusalem. See above, III, 1, (2). (2) Samaria. (Harvard Expedition).--Although the ancient capital of the Northern Kingdom, yet Samaria was Centrally located, being 20 m...
  

• Haemorrhoids

  [ebd] or Emerods, bleeding piles known to the ancient Romans as mariscae, but more probably malignant boils of an infectious and fatal character. With this loathsome and infectious disease the men of Ashdod were smitten by the han...
  

• Ekron

  [ebd] firm-rooted, the most northerly of the five towns belonging to the lords of the Philistines, about 11 miles north of Gath. It was assigned to Judah (Josh. 13:3), and afterwards to Dan (19:43), but came again into the full po...
  

• MOUSE; MICE

  [isbe] MOUSE; MICE - mous, mis (`akhbar; Septuagint mus, "mouse"; compare Arabic `akbar, "jerboa" not 'akbar, "greater"; compare also proper noun, `akhbor, "Achbor" (Gen 36:38 f; 1 Ch 1:49; also 2 Ki 22:12,14; Jer 26:22; 36:12)): T...
  

• Mouse

  [ebd] Heb. 'akhbar, "swift digger"), properly the dormouse, the field-mouse (1 Sam. 6:4). In Lev. 11:29, Isa. 66:17 this word is used generically, and includes the jerboa (Mus jaculus), rat, hamster (Cricetus), which, though decla...
  [smith] (the corn-eater). The name of this animal occurs in (Leviticus 11:29; 1 Samuel 6:4,5; Isaiah 66:17) The Hebrew word is in all probability generic, and is not intended to denote any particular species of mouse. The original...
  [nave] MOUSE Forbidden as food, Lev. 11:29; used as food, Isa. 66:17. Images of, 1 Sam. 6:4, 5, 11, 18.
  

• Coffer

  [ebd] the receptacle or small box placed beside the ark by the Philistines, in which they deposited the golden mice and the emerods as their trespass-offering (1 Sam. 6:8, 11, 15).
  [isbe] COFFER - kof'-er ('argaz): A small box such as that in which the Philistines placed their golden mice and other offerings in returning the Ark (1 Sam 6:8,11,15).
  [smith] (argaz), a movable box hanging from the side of a cart. (1 Samuel 6:8,11,15) The word is found nowhere else.
  [nave] COFFER, a chest, 1 Sam. 6:8, 11, 15; Ezek. 27:24. See: Chest; Storehouses.
  

• KINE

  [isbe] KINE - kin: (1) 'alaphim, plural of 'eleph, "ox," or "cow," the American Standard Revised Version "cattle," the King James Version and the English Revised Version "kine" (Dt 7:13; 28:4,18,51); (2) baqar, "ox" or "cow," the A...
  

• Cow

  [nave] COW Used for draught, 1 Sam. 6:7-12; Hos. 10:11. Milk of, used for food. See: Milk. See: Cattle; Kine. Figurative Amos 4:1.
  

• HEIFER

  [smith] (1 Samuel 6:7-12; Job 21:10; Isaiah 7:21) The heifer or young cow was not commonly used for ploughing, but only for treading out the corn. (Hosea 10:11) but see Judg 14:18 When it ran about without any headstall, (26:4) he...
  

• Plague

  [isbe] PLAGUE - plag (negha`, makkah, maggephah; mastix, plege): This word which occurs more than 120 times is applied, like pestilence, to such sudden outbursts of disease as are regarded in the light of divine visitations. It is ...
  [nave] PLAGUE As a judgment on the Egyptians, Psa. 105; 135:8, 9; Acts 7:36. The plague of blood, Ex. 7:14-25; frogs, Ex. 8:1-15; lice, Ex. 8:16-19; flies, Ex. 8:20. On cattle, Ex. 9:1-7. Of boils and sores, Ex. 9:8-12; hail, Ex...
  

• SACRIFICE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 2

  [isbe] SACRIFICE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 2 - V. The Mosaic Sacrificial System. 1. The Covenant Sacrifice: The fundamental function of Moses' work was to establish the covenant between Israel and God. This important transaction took ...
  

• Tumor

  [isbe] TUMOR - tu'-mer, tu'-mor (`ophel): the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes this word for "emerods" in 1 Sam 5:12; 6:4; Dt 28:27 margin. See EMERODS.
  [nave] TUMOR, a morbid swelling, 1 Sam. 5:6, 9, 12; 6:4, 5, 11, 17. See: Boil; Hemorrhoids.
  

• Beth-shemesh

  [isbe] BETH-SHEMESH - beth-she'-mesh, beth'-shemesh (beth-shemesh; Baithsamus, "house of the sun"): This name for a place doubtless arose in every instance from the presence of a sanctuary of the sun there. In accordance with the m...
  [nave] BETH-SHEMESH 1. A set apart city of Dan, Josh. 21:16; 1 Sam. 6:15; 1 Chr. 6:59. On the northern border of Judah, Josh. 15:10; 1 Sam. 6:9, 12. In later times transferred to Judah, 2 Kin. 14:11. Mentioned in Solomon's commi...
  

• HARNESS

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. 'asar, "to bind;" hence the act of fastening animals to a cart (1 Sam. 6:7, 10; Jer. 46:4, etc.). (2.) An Old English word for "armour;" Heb. neshek (2 Chr. 9:24). (3.) Heb. shiryan, a coat of mail (1 Kings 22:34; ...
  [isbe] HARNESS - har'-nes: A word of Celtic origin meaning "armour" in the King James Version; it is the translation of shiryan, "a coat of mail" (1 Ki 22:34; 2 Ch 18:33); of nesheq, "arms," "weapons" (2 Ch 9:24, the Revised Versio...
  

• The Return of the Ark

  

• What was the Ark of the Covenant, and was it real?
  The Ark of the Covenant was definitely real and was a part of the tabernacle, being placed in the Holy of Holies behind the curtain. I will include articles below from three Bible Dictionaries that will give you some informat...

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