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Psalms 132:6
6Now, we have heard about the ark ⌞of the promise⌟ being in Ephrathah. We have found it in Jaar.
Psalms 132:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
- New International Version (NIV)We heard it in Ephrathah, we came upon it in the fields of Jaar:
- English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah; We found it in the fields of the woods.
Context of Psalms 132:6
4get into my bed, shut my eyes, or close my eyelids 5until I find a place for the Lord, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.” Now, we have heard about the ark ⌞of the promise⌟ being in Ephrathah. We have found it in Jaar. 7Let’s go to his dwelling place. Let’s worship at his footstool. 8O Lord, arise, and come to your resting place with the ark of your power.
Read all of Psalms 132Psalms 132:6 word by word
הִנֵּֽה־שְׁמַֽעֲנ֥וּהָ בְאֶפְרָ֑תָה מְ֝צָאנ֗וּהָ בִּשְׂדֵי־יָֽעַר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 132:6
- Ruth 1:2The man’s name was Elimelech, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of their two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were descendants of Ephrathah from Bethlehem in the territory of Judah. They went to the country of Moab and lived there.
- 1 Samuel 17:12David was a son of a man named Jesse from the region of Ephrath and the city of Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons, and in Saul’s day he was an old man.
- Micah 5:2You, Bethlehem Ephrathah, are too small to be included among Judah’s cities. Yet, from you Israel’s future ruler will come for me. His origins go back to the distant past, to days long ago.
- 1 Samuel 7:1The men of Kiriath Jearim came to take the Lord’s ark and brought it into Abinadab’s house on the hill. They gave Abinadab’s son Eleazar the holy occupation of guarding the Lord’s ark.
- 1 Chronicles 13:5So David gathered all Israel from the Shihor River near Egypt to the border of Hamath in order to bring God’s ark from Kiriath Jearim.
Commentaries on Psalms 132:6
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah - Most probably this is the language of the contemporaries of David; or this is what they might be supposed to say; or this is what tradition reports that they did say. David‘s purpose, as referred to in the previous verses, is not recorded in the history, and the memory of the whole transaction may have been handed down by tradition. Or, this may be merely poetic language, expressing the feelings of those who, when sent out…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Ephrathah is another name for Bethlehem (Genesis 35:19; 48:7). Jaar is the singular form of the plural Jearim. The ark was at Kiriath-jearim for 20 years in Samuel’s time (1 Samuel 7:1–2).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. These may be the "words of David" and his pious friends, who, at Ephratah--or Beth-lehem (Ge 48:7), where he once lived, may have heard of the ark, which he found for the first time in the fields of the wood--or, Jair, or Kirjath-jearim ("City of woods") (1Sa 7:1; 2Sa 6:3, 4), whence it was brought to Zion.Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 6we heard it The tidings.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 132
- 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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