And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite.
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Gill's Exposition
And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords,.... That is, as many golden mice as there were cities under the jurisdiction of the five…
Barnes' Notes
The great stone of Abel ... - Probably so called from the “lamentation” described in 1Sa 6:19.
Adam Clarke
And the golden mice - The desolation that had been made through the land by these animals had excited a general concern; and it appears from the text, that all the cities of the Philistines, as well…
We are here told,
I. How the Philistines dismissed the ark, Sa1 6:10, Sa1 6:11. They were made as glad to part with it as ever they had been to take it. As God had fetched Israel out of the house of…
We have here a specific description of the propitiatory offering actually sent; (a) a golden "boil" for each chief city: (b) a golden mouse for each city and village throughout the whole country. The…