And see if it goeth up by the way of its own coast to Bethshemesh,.... The nearest city to the land of the Philistines, which lay on their borders, and the borders of the tribe of Judah,See Gill on "Jos 15:10".
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1 Samuel 6:9
1 Samuel 6:9
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In the field of the Philistines (so it is in the original), from which…1 Samuel 6:91 Samuel 6:9 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeBethshemesh: Joshua 15:10, Joshua 21:16
he: or, it, Amos 3:6
we shall: 1 Samuel 6:3
not his hand: Isaiah 26:11
a chance: 2 Samuel 1:6; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Luke 10:31