The cart came into the field of Joshua of Beth-she'mesh, and stopped there. A great stone was there; and they split up the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

A great stone - (Judges 13:19). This great stone was probably used as an altar on this occasion, and the cows stopping at it of …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

The field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite. —The great stone—most likely a mass of natural rock rising from the soil—was the reason the c…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite ,
in that part of the valley where they were reaping wheat which bel…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

These two cows knew their owner, their great Owner, whom Hophni and Phinehas did not know. God's providence takes notice even of animals, and serve…

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