Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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1 Samuel 6:8
take the ark of the Lord, and lay it upon the cart—This mode of carrying the sacred symbol was forbidden; but the ignorance of the Philistines made the indignity excusable (see on II Samuel 6:6).
put the jewels . . . in a coffer by the side thereof—The way of securing treasure in the East is still in a chest, chained to the house wall or some solid part of the furniture.
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