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New King James Version

1 Samuel 6:16

So when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Kirjath-Jearim;   Miracles;   Music;   Thompson Chain Reference - Ekron;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ark of the Covenant;   Philistines, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Beth-Shemesh;   Ekron;   Gaza or Azzah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ark;   Philistia, philistines;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Gath;   Joshua;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Beth-Shemesh;   Ekron;   Lords of the Philistines;   Philistines;   Priests and Levites;   Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bethshemesh ;   Ekron ;   Emerods;   Mouse,;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Beth-shemesh;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Beth-Shemesh;   Ekron;   Emerods;   Mouse;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for March 2;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When the five Philistine rulers observed this, they returned to Ekron that same day.
Hebrew Names Version
When the five lords of the Pelishtim had seen it, they returned to `Ekron the same day.
King James Version
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
Lexham English Bible
The five rulers of the Philistines saw it and returned to Ekron that same day.
English Standard Version
And when the five lords of the Philistines saw it, they returned that day to Ekron.
New Century Version
After the five Philistine kings saw this, they went back to Ekron the same day.
New English Translation
The five leaders of the Philistines watched what was happening and then returned to Ekron on the same day.
Amplified Bible
When the five lords of the Philistines saw what happened, they returned to Ekron that day.
New American Standard Bible
When the five governors of the Philistines saw it, they returned to Ekron that day.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when the fiue Princes of ye Philistims had seene it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
Legacy Standard Bible
So the five lords of the Philistines saw it and returned to Ekron that day.
Contemporary English Version
When the five rulers of the Philistines saw what had happened, they went back to Ekron that same day.
Complete Jewish Bible
Upon seeing this, the five leaders of the P'lishtim returned that day to ‘Ekron.
Darby Translation
And the five lords of the Philistines saw [it], and returned to Ekron the same day.
Easy-to-Read Version
The five Philistine rulers watched the people of Beth Shemesh do this and then went back to Ekron that same day.
George Lamsa Translation
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
Good News Translation
The five Philistine kings watched them do this and then went back to Ekron that same day.
Literal Translation
And the five rulers of the Philistines saw it, and turned back to Ekron on that day.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan the fyue prynces of the Philistynes had sene it, they departed agayne the same daye towarde Ekron.
American Standard Version
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
Bible in Basic English
And the five lords of the Philistines, having seen it, went back to Ekron the same day.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when the fiue princes of the Philistines had seene it, they returned to Acaron the same day.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
King James Version (1611)
And when the fiue lordes of the Philistines had seene it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the five lords of the Philistines saw, and returned to Ascalon in that day.
English Revised Version
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
Berean Standard Bible
And when the five rulers of the Philistines had seen this, they returned to Ekron that same day.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And fyue princes of Filisteis sien, and turneden ayen in to Accoron in that dai.
Young's Literal Translation
and the five princes of the Philistines have seen [it], and turn back [to] Ekron, on that day.
Update Bible Version
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
Webster's Bible Translation
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen [it], they returned to Ekron the same day.
World English Bible
When the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
New Living Translation
The five Philistine rulers watched all this and then returned to Ekron that same day.
New Life Bible
When the five leaders of the Philistines saw it, they returned that day to Ekron.
New Revised Standard
When the five lords of the Philistines saw it, they returned that day to Ekron.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the five lords of the Philistines, saw it, - and returned unto Ekron, the same day.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the five princes of the Philistines saw, and they returned to Accaron the same day.
Revised Standard Version
And when the five lords of the Philistines saw it, they returned that day to Ekron.
THE MESSAGE
When the five Philistine leaders saw what they came to see, they returned the same day to Ekron.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When the five lords of the Philistines saw it, they returned to Ekron that day.

Contextual Overview

10 Then the men did so; they took two milk cows and hitched them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home. 11 And they set the ark of the LORD on the cart, and the chest with the gold rats and the images of their tumors. 12 Then the cows headed straight for the road to Beth Shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and did not turn aside to the right hand or the left. And the lords of the Philistines went after them to the border of Beth Shemesh. 13 Now the people of Beth Shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley; and they lifted their eyes and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. 14 Then the cart came into the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh, and stood there; a large stone was there. So they split the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD. 15 The Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the chest that was with it, in which were the articles of gold, and put them on the large stone. Then the men of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices the same day to the LORD. 16 So when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day. 17 These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned as a trespass offering to the LORD: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron; 18 and the golden rats, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both fortified cities and country villages, even as far as the large stone of Abel on which they set the ark of the LORD, which stone remains to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the five: 1 Samuel 6:4, 1 Samuel 6:12, Joshua 13:3, Judges 3:3, Judges 16:5, Judges 16:23-30

they returned: 1 Samuel 5:10

Reciprocal: Judges 4:5 - between 1 Samuel 6:18 - the five lords

Cross-References

Genesis 7:16
So those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and the LORD shut him in.
Genesis 8:6
So it came to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.
2 Samuel 6:16
Now as the ark of the LORD came into the City of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and whirling before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.
2 Kings 9:30
Now when Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she put paint on her eyes and adorned her head, and looked through a window.
Ezekiel 41:16
their doorposts and the beveled window frames. And the galleries all around their three stories opposite the threshold were paneled with wood from the ground to the windows--the windows were covered--
Ezekiel 42:3
Opposite the inner court of twenty cubits, and opposite the pavement of the outer court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.
Luke 13:25
When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, "Lord, Lord, open for us,' and He will answer and say to you, "I do not know you, where you are from,'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it,.... Observed all that was done, how the kine performed their journey, drew the cart in which the ark was straight to Bethshemesh, stopped in a field near it, where it was received joyfully by the people, and sacrifices offered on account of it:

they returned to Ekron the same day; as they might very well, since it was but twelve miles from Bethshemesh.


 
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