1 Samuel 6:17

1 Samuel 6:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the Lord; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
• New International Version (NIV)These are the gold tumors the Philistines sent as a guilt offering to the Lord—one each for Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron.
• English Standard Version (ESV)These are the golden tumors that the Philistines returned as a guilt offering to the Lord: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron,
• New King James Version (NKJV)These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned as a trespass offering to the Lord: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron;

Context of 1 Samuel 6:17

15(The Levites had already taken down ⌞from the cart⌟ the ark of the Lord and the box which contained the gold objects and put them on the large rock.) The people of Beth Shemesh presented burnt offerings and sacrifices to the Lord that day. 16After the five rulers of the Philistines saw this, they went back to Ekron that same day. The gold hemorrhoids which the Philistines sent as a guilt offering to the Lord were for the cities of Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron. 18And the number of gold mice was the same as the number of Philistine cities belonging to the five rulers, including walled cities and farm villages. The large rock on which they put the ark of the Lord is a witness. It is still there today in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh. 19God struck down some of the people from Beth Shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the Lord. He struck down 70 people. The people mourned because the Lord struck them with such a great blow.

1 Samuel 6:17 word by word

וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ טְחֹרֵ֣י הַזָּהָ֔ב אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֵשִׁ֧יבוּ פְלִשְׁתִּ֛ים אָשָׁ֖ם לַֽיהוָ֑ה לְאַשְׁדּ֨וֹד אֶחָ֜ד לְעַזָּ֤ה אֶחָד֙ לְאַשְׁקְל֣וֹן אֶחָ֔ד לְגַ֥ת אֶחָ֖ד לְעֶקְר֥וֹן אֶחָֽד׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• the goldenזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• emerodsטְחֹרţechôr · tumorH2914
• which the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיpelishtîy · PhilistineH6430
• returnedשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• a trespass offeringאָשָׁם'âshâm · guilt (offering)H817
• unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• for Ashdodאַשְׁדּוֹד'ashdôd · AshdodH795
• oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• for Gazaעַזָּה‛azzâh · GazaH5804
• for Askelonאַשְׁקְלוֹן'ashqelôn · AshkelonH831
• for Gathגַּתgath · GathH1661
• for Ekronעֶקְרוֹן‛eqrôn · EkronH6138

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 6:17

• 1 Samuel 6:4The Philistines asked, “What kind of guilt offering should we give him?” The priests answered, “Five gold tumors and five gold mice for the ⌞five⌟ Philistine rulers because all of you and your rulers suffer from the same plague.
• 1 Samuel 5:1After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
• 2 Chronicles 26:6Uzziah went to wage war against the Philistines. He tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. He built cities near Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines.
• Jeremiah 25:20and all the foreign people living among them; all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of Philistia, those from the cities of Ashkelon, Gaza, and Ekron, and the people left in Ashdod;
• Zechariah 9:6A mixed race will live in Ashdod, and I will cut off the Philistines’ arrogance.
• Judges 16:1Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a prostitute and slept with her.
• Amos 1:7I will send a fire on the walls of Gaza and burn down its palaces.
• Judges 1:18Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron with their territories.
• Zechariah 9:5Ashkelon will see ⌞this⌟ and be afraid. Gaza will also be in great pain, also Ekron, because its hope will fade. Gaza will lose its king. Ashkelon will no longer be lived in.
• 1 Samuel 5:8The people of Ashdod called together all the Philistine rulers. “What should we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” they asked. “The ark of the God of Israel must be taken to Gath,” the rulers said. So the people took the ark of the God of Israel there.
• 2 Samuel 1:20Don’t tell the news in Gath. Don’t announce the victory in the streets of Ashkelon, or the daughters of the Philistines will be glad, and the daughters of godless men will celebrate.
• 2 Samuel 21:22These four were descendants of Haraphah from Gath, and David and his men killed them.
• Amos 6:2Go to Calneh and look. Go from there to the great city of Hamath. Then go to Gath, the city of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?
• 1 Samuel 5:10So the people of Gath sent the ark of God to Ekron. But when the ark of God came to Ekron, the people of Ekron cried out, “They brought the ark of the God of Israel here to kill us.”
• 2 Kings 1:2During the rebellion King Ahaziah fell through a window lattice in his upstairs room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers ⌞to Ekron⌟. He had told them, “Go ask Baalzebub, the god of Ekron, if I will recover from this injury.”
• Amos 1:8I will cut off those living in Ashdod and the one who holds the scepter in Ashkelon. I will turn my power against Ekron. The rest of the Philistines will die. The Almighty Lord has said this.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 6:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17These are the golden emerods - Each of these cities, in what may be called its corporate capacity, sent a golden emerod.Read the comment
• 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
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17guilt offering: See study note on 1 Samuel 6:3. Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron: These were the five main Philistine cities. They were on or near the Great Trunk Road, an important ancient trade route. This route connected Egypt with Mesopotamia through the coastal plain of Canaan. Each city had a ruler similar to a king (1 Samuel 6:16).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-1817-18. And these are the golden emerods ... and the mice--There were five representative images of the emerods, corresponding to the five principal cities of the Philistines. But the number of the golden mice must have been greater, for they were sent from the walled towns as well as the country villages.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 6:17

• Ashdod
• Ashkelon
• Gath
• Kirjath-Jearim
• Miracles
• Offerings
• Tumor

In the dictionaries

• Ashdod
• Ekron
• Gath
• Gaza
• Philistines
• Ekron; Ekronite
• Ashdod, or Azotus
• Ashdod, Azotus
• Ekron, Ekronites
• Gath, Gittite

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