1 Samuel 6:21 meaning and explanation
So they sent messengers to the people of Kiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up with you.”
1 Samuel 6:21, Berean Standard Bible
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After God struck down seventy men of Beth-shemesh for looking into the ark, the survivors were terrified and asked who could stand before this holy God (verses 19 and 20). Their question is not rhetorical curiosity but fear, and their solution is to move the ark away.
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