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.
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And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-18)We are here told, I. How the Philistines dismissed the ark, 1 Sam. 6:10 , 11 . They were made as glad to part with it as ever they had been to take it. As God had fetched Israel out of the house of bondage, so now he fetched the ark out of its captivity, in such a manner as that Egypt was glad when they departed , Ps. 105:38. 1. They received no money or price for the ransom of it, as they hoped t…
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