SEV Biblia, Chapter 6:6
Mas ¿por qué endurecéis vuestro corazón, como los egipcios y Faraón endurecieron su corazón? Después que los hubo así tratado, ¿no los dejaron que se fuesen, y se fueron?
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 6:6
Verse 6. Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts] They had heard how God punished the Egyptians, and they are afraid of similar plagues. It appears that they had kept the ark long enough. Did they not let the people go] And has he not wrought wonderfully among us? And should we not send back his ark?
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 6. Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts ? etc.] And would not let Israel go, when their dismission was demanded by Moses and Aaron in the name of the Lord; but was refused from time to time, being given up to judicial blindness and hardness of heart: and it seems by this, that though it was proposed by some to send back the ark, and which the priests and diviners approved of; yet there were some that were against it, who, notwithstanding the plagues inflicted on them, like Pharaoh and the Egyptians hardened their hearts; which story these priests were acquainted with by the tradition of their ancestors, this being a fact then generally known in the world; or by the relation of the Israelites, over whom they had ruled many years, and were conversant with them: when he had wrought wonderfully among them : that is, the God of Israel, though they mention not his name, who had wrought wonders in the land of Egypt; the ten plagues he inflicted on them are referred to: did they not let the people go, and they departed ? who were convinced by these plagues that they ought to let Israel go, and by them were prevailed upon to dismiss them, and the people did go out of their land; and therefore should not we let the ark go likewise, on whom plagues have been inflicted for detaining it? and may we not expect more and greater, should we refuse to dismiss it?
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-9 - Seven months the Philistines were punished with the presence of the ark; so long it was a plague to them, because they would not send it home sooner. Sinners lengthen out their own miseries by refusing to part with their sins. The Israelites made no effort to recover the ark Alas! where shall we find concern for religion prevail above all othe matters? In times of public calamity we fear for ourselves, for ou families, and for our country; but who cares for the ark of God? We ar favoured with the gospel, but it is treated with neglect or contempt We need not wonder if it should be taken from us; to many persons this though the heavies of calamities, would occasion no grief. There ar multitudes whom any profession would please as well as that of Christianity. But there are those who value the house, the word, an the ministry of God above their richest possessions, who dread the los of these blessings more than death. How willing bad men are to shif off their convictions, and when they are in trouble, to believe it is chance that happens; and that the rod has no voice which they shoul hear or heed!
Original Hebrew
ולמה 4100 תכבדו 3513 את 853 לבבכם 3824 כאשׁר 834 כבדו 3513 מצרים 4713 ופרעה 6547 את 853 לבם 3820 הלוא 3808 כאשׁר 834 התעלל 5953 בהם וישׁלחום 7971 וילכו׃ 1980
