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Pagan Spiritual Advisors
Commentators explain that the Philistines consulted their top religious and spiritual advisors: priests and diviners. Diviners were common in the ancient world and attempted to foresee the future through superstitious means like reading entrails, observing stars, or casting lots. This highlights the pagan worldview in contrast to seeking God's revealed will.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Samuel 6:2
18th Century
Theologian
The word for “priest” here is the same as that used for the priests of the true God; the word for diviners is always used for idolatrous or superst…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Samuel 6:2
19th Century
Bishop
What shall we do to the ark of the Lord? — During the seven months that followed the great Philistine victory of Aphek, t…
John Gill
On 1 Samuel 6:2
17th Century
Pastor
And the Philistines called for the priests and for the
diviners
The one were skilled …
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Samuel 6:1–9
17th Century
Minister
For seven months, the Philistines were punished with the presence of the ark; it was a plague to them for all that time because they would not send…