1 Samuel 6:20 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁰And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?

1 Samuel 6:20 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 6:9
And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?
Malachi 3:2
But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:
Revelation 6:17
For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
1 Chronicles 13:11-13
And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day. …
2 Samuel 6:7
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 19-21)

Here is, 1. The sin of the men of Beth-shemesh: They looked into the ark of the Lord, 1 Sam. 6:19. Every Israelite had heard great talk of the ark, and had been possessed with a profound veneration for it; but they had been told that it was lodged within a veil, and even the high priest himself might not look upon it but once a year, and then through a cloud of incense. Perhaps this made many say…