Then the mendidso,and tooktwomilchcowsand hitchedthem to the cart,and shutup their calvesat home.
But he saidto him, "My lordknowsthat the childrenare frailand that the flocksand herdswhich are nursingare a careto me. And if they are drivenhardoneday,allthe flockswill die.
It cameabout at the seventh[time], that he said,"Behold,a cloudas smallas a man'shandis comingup from the sea."And he said,"Goup, sayto Ahab,Prepare[your chariot] and godown,so that the [heavy] showerdoes not stopyou.'"
They putthe arkof the LORDon the cart,and the boxwith the goldenmiceand the likenessesof their tumors.
"Watch,ifit goesup by the wayof its own territoryto Beth-shemesh,then He has doneus thisgreatevil.But ifnot, then we will knowthat it was not His handthat struckus; it happenedto us by chance."
