1 Samuel 6: The Ark Returns to Israel

After seven months the Philistines send the ark home on a cart pulled by two nursing cows, along with gold offerings. The cows go straight to Beth-shemesh, where the people rejoice, but God strikes men who looked into the ark, and they send word to Kiriath-jearim asking its men to come for the ark.

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How did the townspeople of Beth-shemesh respond when they first saw the ark arrive (1 Samuel 6:13-15)?

They fled, afraid the plague would follow itThey hid it from the Philistine rulers’ sightThey sent it on at once toward ShilohThey rejoiced and sacrificed the cows to God