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 watch: if it goes up by the way of its own territory to Beth-shemesh, then He has done this great evil to us. But if not, then we will know that it was not His hand that struck us; it happened to us by chance.” 10Then the men did so: they took two milk cows and hitched them to the cart, and shut in their calves at home. And they put the ark of the Lord on the cart, and the saddlebag with the gold mice and the likenesses of their tumors. 12Now the cows went straight in the direction of Beth-shemesh; they went on the same road, bellowing as they went, and did not turn off to the right or to the left. And the governors of the Philistines followed them to the border of Beth-shemesh. 13Now the people of Beth-shemesh were gathering in their wheat harvest in the valley, and they raised their eyes and saw the ark, and rejoiced at seeing it.

1 Samuel 6:11 word by word

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

• And they putשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• the arkאֲרוֹן'ârôn 'ârôn · arkH727
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• on the cartעֲגָלָה‛ăgâlâh · cartH5699
• and the saddlebagאַרְגַּז'argâz · boxH712
• with the goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• miceעַכְבָּר‛akbâr · mouseH5909
• and the likenessesצֶ֫לֶםtselem · imageH6754
• of their tumorsטְחֹרţechôr · tumorH2914

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 6:11

• 2 Samuel 6:3They had mounted the ark of God on a new cart and moved it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were leading the new cart.
• 1 Chronicles 13:7And they carried the ark of God on a new cart from the house of Abinadab, and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.
• 1 Chronicles 15:13Because you did not carry it at the first, the Lord our God made an outburst against us, since we did not seek Him according to the ordinance.”

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