1 Samuel 6:9

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

And watch: if it goes up on the way to its own land, to Beth-shemesh, then it is he who has done us this great harm; but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us; it happened to us by chance.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:6

The young man reporting to him said, “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and there was Saul leaning on his spear, while the chariots and the horsemen drew close to him.

1 Kings 4:9

Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;

2 Chronicles 25:21

So King Joash of Israel went up; he and King Amaziah of Judah faced one another in battle at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah.

Exodus 8:15

But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the skillful, but time and chance happen to them all.

Isaiah 26:11

O Lord, your hand is lifted up, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people and be ashamed. Let the fire for your adversaries consume them.

Amos 3:6

Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does disaster befall a city unless the Lord has done it?

Luke 10:31

Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side.

Joshua 15:10

and the boundary circles west of Baalah to Mount Seir, passes along to the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), and goes down to Beth-shemesh, and passes along by Timnah;

Joshua 21:16

Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands—nine towns out of these two tribes.

1 Samuel 6:10

The men did so; they took two milch cows and yoked them to the cart and shut up their calves at home.

1 Samuel 6:12

The cows went straight in the direction of Beth-shemesh along one highway, lowing as they went; they turned neither to the right nor to the left, and the lords of the Philistines went after them as far as the border of Beth-shemesh.

1 Samuel 6:3

They said, “If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it empty, but by all means return it with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed and forgiven; will not his hand then turn from you?”