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 keep an eye on it. If it should go up by the way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has brought this great calamity on us. But if that is not the case, then we will know that it was not his hand that struck us; rather, it just happened to us by accident.” 10So the men did as instructed. They took two cows that had calves and harnessed them to a cart; they also removed their calves to their stalls. They put the ark of the Lord on the cart, along with the chest, the gold mice, and the images of the sores. 12Then the cows went directly on the road to Beth Shemesh. They went along, mooing as they went; they turned neither to the right nor to the left. The leaders of the Philistines were walking along behind them all the way to the border of Beth Shemesh. 13Now the residents of Beth Shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley. When they looked up and saw the ark, they were pleased at the sight.

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 6:3They loaded the ark of God on a new cart and carried it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart.
• 1 Chronicles 13:7They transported the ark on a new cart from the house of Abinadab; Uzzah and Ahio were guiding the cart,
• 1 Chronicles 15:13The first time you did not carry it; that is why the Lord God attacked us, because we did not ask him about the proper way to carry it.”

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