SEV Biblia, Chapter 5:11
Y enviaron a juntar todos los príncipes de los filisteos, diciendo: Despachad el arca del Dios de Israel, y vuélvase a su lugar, y no me mate a mí ni a mi pueblo; porque había quebrantamiento de muerte en toda la ciudad, y la mano de Dios se había allí agravado.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 5:11
Verse 11. Send away the ark] It appears that it had been received at Ekron, for there was a deadly destruction through the whole city. They therefore concluded that the ark should be sent back to Shiloh.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 11. So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines , etc.] As the men of Ashdod had done before on the same account, ( Samuel 5:8) and said, send away the ark of the God of Israel ; as these lords were united in their government, and made one common cause of it against Israel, one could not dispose of this capture without the consent of the rest; otherwise the lord of Ekron, with his princes, were clearly in it that it was right and best to send it away out of any of their principalities: and let it go again to its own place ; to the land of Israel and Shiloh there, though to that it never returned more: that it slay us not, and our people ; that is, all of them, for great numbers had been slain already, as follows: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city ; a mortal disease went through the whole city, and swept away a multitude of people: the hand of God was very heavy there ; it seems by the expression to haste been heavier on the inhabitants of this city than upon those of Ashdod and Gath, which made them the more pressing to get rid of the ark.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 6-12 - The hand of the Lord was heavy upon the Philistines; he not onl convinced them of their folly, but severely chastised their insolence Yet they would not renounce Dagon; and instead of seeking God's mercy they desired to get clear of his ark. Carnal hearts, when they smar under the judgments of God, would rather, if it were possible, put his far from them, than enter into covenant or communion with him, and see him for their friend. But their devices to escape the Divine judgment only increase them. Those that fight against God will soon have enoug of it __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
וישׁלחו 7971 ויאספו 622 את 853 כל 3605 סרני 5633 פלשׁתים 6430 ויאמרו 559 שׁלחו 7971 את 853 ארון 727 אלהי 430 ישׂראל 3478 וישׁב 7725 למקמו 4725 ולא 3808 ימית 4191 אתי 853 ואת 853 עמי 5971 כי 3588 היתה 1961 מהומת 4103 מות 4194 בכל 3605 העיר 5892 כבדה 3513 מאד 3966 יד 3027 האלהים 430 שׁם׃ 8033
