1 Samuel 6:11 · KJV
“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.”
— 1 Samuel 6:11
And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
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.
1 Samuel 6 — Context
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}
10And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
11And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
12And 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.
13And {they of} Bethshemesh {were} reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see {it}.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 15:13-15
For because ye {did it} not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
1 Chronicles 13:7
And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart. {carried...: Heb. made the ark to ride}
2 Samuel 6:3
And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that {was} in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart. {set: Heb. made to ride} {Gibeah: or, the hill}