1 Samuel 6:6

“Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?”

"Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?" - 1 Samuel 6:6
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What does 1 Samuel 6:6 mean?

The verse 1 Samuel 6:6 in the King James Version of the Bible reads: "Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?" This verse comes…

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The Hardening of Hearts: A Reflection on 1 Samuel 6:6

In this powerful verse from the book of 1 Samuel, we encounter a profound question posed by the priests and diviners to the Philistines who had captured the Ark of the Covenant. The verse reads, "Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened…

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A Prayer for Softened Hearts: Learning from the Story of Egypt

O Lord Almighty, the Creator of heaven and earth, we come before Thee in humble supplication, drawn to the truth contained in Thy holy word. As we reflect on the powerful lesson of 1 Samuel 6:6 — "Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened…

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1 Samuel 6:6 - "Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?"
1 Samuel 14:6
2 Samuel 6:14
1 Samuel 6:1 - "And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months."
1 Samuel 16:6-7
1 Samuel 8:6 - "¶ But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD."
1 Chronicles 6:28 - "And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah."
1 Samuel 12:6 - "¶ And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt."
1 Samuel 6:16 - "And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day."
1 Samuel 6:11 - "And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods."
2 Samuel 6:1 - "Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand."
1 Samuel 2:6 - "The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up."
1 Samuel 19:6 - "And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain."
1 Samuel 31:6 - "So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together."
"And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months." - 1 Samuel 6:1
1 Samuel 28:6 - "And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets."
1 Samuel 17:6 - "And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders."
1 Samuel 1:6 - "And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb."
1 Samuel 11:6 - "And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly."
1 Samuel 10:6 - "And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man."
1 Samuel 27:6 - "Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day."
1 Samuel 3:6 - "And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again."
"And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah." - 1 Chronicles 6:28
1 Samuel 7:6 - "And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh."
1 Samuel 6:13 - "And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it."
1 Samuel 6:10 - "¶ And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:"
1 Samuel 16:6 - "¶ And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed is before him."
1 Samuel 23:6 - "And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand."
1 Samuel 5:6 - "But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof."