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Psalms 78:60
60He went away from his home at Shiloh. That was the tent where he lived among people.
Psalms 78:60 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
- New International Version (NIV)He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent he had set up among humans.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He forsook his dwelling at Shiloh, the tent where he dwelt among mankind,
- New King James Version (NKJV)So that He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men,
Context of Psalms 78:60
58The places where they worshipped their idols made God very angry. 59God heard what they were doing, and he became very angry. He turned against the Israelite people. He went away from his home at Shiloh. That was the tent where he lived among people. 61He let Israel's enemies take away the Covenant Box, that showed his power and his glory. 62He was so angry with his own people, he let their enemies kill them in battle.
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וַ֭יִּטֹּשׁ מִשְׁכַּ֣ן שִׁל֑וֹ אֹ֝֗הֶל שִׁכֵּ֥ן בָּאָדָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 78:60
- Joshua 18:1All the Israelite people met together at Shiloh. There they put up the Tent of Meeting. They now ruled the whole land.
- 1 Samuel 1:3Every year, Elkanah left his home in Ramah to go to the town of Shiloh. He went there to worship the Lord Almighty and to offer sacrifices to him. Hophni and Phinehas served the Lord at Shiloh as his priests. Eli was their father.
- 1 Samuel 4:4So the people sent men to Shiloh and they brought back the Lord's Covenant Box. That is where the Lord Almighty sits between the cherubs. Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, also came with God's Covenant Box.
- Jeremiah 7:12“Go to Shiloh, and see what I did there. It was the first place that I chose where people would worship me. But I destroyed it because of the wicked things that my people, the Israelites, did.
- Jeremiah 26:6So if you do not obey me, I will destroy this temple, as I destroyed Shiloh. People of all the other nations on earth will use the name of this city as a curse.” ’
Commentaries on Psalms 78:60
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 60He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh - The Lord, offended with the people, and principally with the priests, who had profaned his holy worship, gave up his ark into the hands of the Philistines. And so true it is that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, that he never returned to it again. See 1 Samuel 6:1; 2 Samuel 6; 1 Kings 8:1; where the several removals of the ark are spoken of, and which explain the remaining part of this Psalm. Because God suffered…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 60So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh - The tabernacle or tent which had been erected at Shiloh. He forsook that as a place where he was to be worshipped; that is, he caused his tabernacle, or his place of worship, to be erected in another place, to wit, on Mount Zion. See Psalm 78:68. The name Shiloh means properly a place of rest, and seems to have been given to this place as such a place, or as a place where the ark might abide after its…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 56-72Verses 56-72 After the Israelites were settled in Canaan, the children were like their fathers. God gave them his testimonies, but they turned back. Presumptuous sins render even Israelites hateful to God's holiness, and exposed to his justice. Those whom the Lord forsakes become an easy prey to the destroyer. And sooner or later, God will disgrace his enemies. He set a good government over his people; a monarch after his own heart. With good reason does…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 60God abandoned his dwelling at Shiloh because of the people’s idol worship (1 Samuel 4:11; Jeremiah 7:12).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 59-6059-60. heard--perceived (Ge 11:7). abhorred--but not utterly.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 78
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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