1Sa 6:10-12 | KD | STEP | The God of Israel actually did what the idolatrous priests hardly considered possible. When the Philistines, in accordance with the advice given them by their priests, had placed the ark of the covenant and the expiatory gifts upon the cart to which the two cows were harnessed, “ the cows went straight forward on the way to Bethshemesh; they went along a road going and lowing (i.e., lowing the whole time), and turned not to the right or to the left; and the princes of the Philistines went behind them to the territory of Bethshemesh .” בּדּרך ישּׁרנה, lit., “ they were straight in the way ,” i.e., they went straight along the road. The form ישּׁרנה for יישׁרנה is the imperf. Kal , third pers. plur. fem., with the preformative י instead of ת, as in (see Ges. §47, Anm. 3; Ewald , §191, b .). Bethshemesh , the present Ain-shems , was a priests’ city on the border of Judah and Dan (see at ).

‏ 1 Samuel 6:10-12

The God of Israel actually did what the idolatrous priests hardly considered possible. When the Philistines, in accordance with the advice given them by their priests, had placed the ark of the covenant and the expiatory gifts upon the cart to which the two cows were harnessed, “the cows went straight forward on the way to Bethshemesh; they went along a road going and lowing (i.e., lowing the whole time), and turned not to the right or to the left; and the princes of the Philistines went behind them to the territory of Bethshemesh.” בּדּרך ישּׁרנה, lit., “they were straight in the way,” i.e., they went straight along the road. The form ישּׁרנה for יישׁרנה is the imperf. Kal, third pers. plur. fem., with the preformative י instead of ת, as in Gen 30:38 (see Ges. §47, Anm. 3; Ewald, §191, b.). Bethshemesh, the present Ain-shems, was a priests’ city on the border of Judah and Dan (see at Jos 15:10).