King James Version
Psalms 132:6
6Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
Psalms 132:6 in other versions
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)We heard that the Ark was in Ephrathah; then we found it in the distant countryside of Jaar.
Context of Psalms 132:6
4I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids, 5Until I find out a place for the Lord, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood. 7We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool. 8Arise, O Lord, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
Read all of Psalms 132Psalms 132:6 word by word
הִנֵּֽה־שְׁמַֽעֲנ֥וּהָ בְאֶפְרָ֑תָה מְ֝צָאנ֗וּהָ בִּשְׂדֵי־יָֽעַר׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 132:6
- Ruth 1:2And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth–lehem–judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
- 1 Samuel 17:12Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth–lehem–judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
- Micah 5:2But thou, Beth–lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
- 1 Samuel 7:1And the men of Kirjath–jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the Lord.
- 1 Chronicles 13:5So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath–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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