12 And the kine went the straight way to Beth Shemesh, and kept one path, and lowed as they went, and turned neither to the right hand nor to the left: also the princes of the Philistines went after [a]them unto the borders of Beth Shemesh.

13 Now they of Beth Shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley, and they lift up their eyes, and spied the Ark, and rejoiced when they saw it.

14 ¶ And the cart came into the field of Joshua a Beth Shemite, and stood still there. There was also a great stone, and [b]they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine for a burnt offering unto the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 6:12 For the trial of the matter.
  2. 1 Samuel 6:14 To wit, the men of Beth Shemesh, which was Israelites.

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