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

9If they cross the border of our land and go to Beth-shemesh, we will know it was the Lord who brought this great disaster upon us. If they don’t, we will know it was not his hand that caused the plague. It came simply by chance.” 10So these instructions were carried out. Two cows were hitched to the cart, and their newborn calves were shut up in a pen. Then the Ark of the Lord and the chest containing the gold rats and gold tumors were placed on the cart. 12And sure enough, without veering off in other directions, the cows went straight along the road toward Beth-shemesh, lowing as they went. The Philistine rulers followed them as far as the border of Beth-shemesh. 13The people of Beth-shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley, and when they saw the Ark, they were overjoyed!

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 placed the Ark of God on a new cart and brought it from Abinadab’s house, which was on a hill. Uzzah and Ahio, Abinadab’s sons, were guiding the cart
• 1 Chronicles 13:7They placed the Ark of God on a new cart and brought it from Abinadab’s house. Uzzah and Ahio were guiding the cart.
• 1 Chronicles 15:13Because you Levites did not carry the Ark the first time, the anger of the Lord our God burst out against us. We failed to ask God how to move it properly.”

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