1 Samuel 6:11

1 Samuel 6:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)They placed the ark of the Lord on the cart and along with it the chest containing the gold rats and the models of the tumors.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they put the ark of the Lord on the cart and the box with the golden mice and the images of their tumors.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And they set the ark of the Lord on the cart, and the chest with the gold rats and the images of their tumors.

Context of 1 Samuel 6:11

9but then watch where it goes. If it goes up the road to its own country toward Beth Shemesh, then this disaster is the Lord’s doing. But if not, we’ll know it wasn’t his hand that struck us, but what happened to us was an accident.” 10The people did this. They took two dairy cows, hitched them to a cart, and shut the calves in the stall. They put the ark of the Lord and the box containing the gold mice and the models of their hemorrhoids on the cart. 12The cows went straight up the road to Beth Shemesh. Continually mooing, they stayed on the road and didn’t turn right or left. The rulers of the Philistines followed them to the border of Beth Shemesh. 13The people of Beth Shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley. When they looked up and saw the ark, they were overjoyed.

1 Samuel 6:11 word by word

וַיָּשִׂ֛מוּ אֶת־אֲר֥וֹן יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־הָעֲגָלָ֑ה וְאֵ֣ת הָאַרְגַּ֗ז וְאֵת֙ עַכְבְּרֵ֣י הַזָּהָ֔ב וְאֵ֖ת צַלְמֵ֥י טְחֹרֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they laidשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• the arkאֲרוֹן'ârôn 'ârôn · arkH727
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• upon the cartעֲגָלָה‛ăgâlâh · cartH5699
• and the cofferאַרְגַּז'argâz · boxH712
• with the miceעַכְבָּר‛akbâr · mouseH5909
• of goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• and the imagesצֶ֫לֶםtselem · imageH6754
• of their emerodsטְחֹרţechôr · tumorH2914

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 6:11

• 2 Samuel 6:3David and his men put God’s ark on a new cart and brought it from Abinadab’s home on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, Abinadab’s sons, were guiding the new cart.
• 1 Chronicles 13:7David and his men put God’s ark on a new cart from Abinadab’s home. Uzzah and Ahio guided the cart.
• 1 Chronicles 15:13Because you weren’t there the first time, the Lord our God struck us. We hadn’t dedicated our lives to serving him in the way ⌞he⌟ designated.”

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 6:11

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-18Verses 10-18 These two kine knew their owner, their great Owner, whom Hophin and Phinehas knew not. God's providence takes notice even of brute creatures, and serves its own purposes by them. When the reapers saw the ark, they rejoiced; their joy for that was greater than the joy of harvest. The return of the ark, and the revival of holy ordinances, after days of restraint and trouble, are matters of great joy.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-129-12. Beth-shemesh--that is, "house of the sun," now Ain Shems [Robinson], a city of priests in Judah, in the southeast border of Dan, lying in a beautiful and extensive valley. Josephus says they were set a-going near a place where the road divided into two--the one leading back to Ekron, where were their calves, and the other to Beth-shemesh. Their frequent lowings attested their ardent longing for their young, and at the same time the supernatural…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 6:11

• Cart
• Coffer
• Cow
• Kirjath-Jearim
• Miracles
• Mouse
• Tumor

In the dictionaries

• Along
• Coffer
• David
• Harden
• Mouse
• Return
• Samuel, Books of
• Ark of the Covenant
• Beth-Shemesh
• Cart

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• 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