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New Living Translation

1 Samuel 6:16

The five Philistine rulers watched all this and then returned to Ekron that 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 King James Version
So when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the 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 So these instructions were carried out. Two cows were hitched to the cart, and their newborn calves were shut up in a pen. 11 Then the Ark of the Lord and the chest containing the gold rats and gold tumors were placed on the cart. 12 And 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. 13 The people of Beth-shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley, and when they saw the Ark, they were overjoyed! 14 The cart came into the field of a man named Joshua and stopped beside a large rock. So the people broke up the wood of the cart for a fire and killed the cows and sacrificed them to the Lord as a burnt offering. 15 Several men of the tribe of Levi lifted the Ark of the Lord and the chest containing the gold rats and gold tumors from the cart and placed them on the large rock. Many sacrifices and burnt offerings were offered to the Lord that day by the people of Beth-shemesh. 16 The five Philistine rulers watched all this and then returned to Ekron that same day. 17 The five gold tumors sent by the Philistines as a guilt offering to the Lord were gifts from the rulers of Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron. 18 The five gold rats represented the five Philistine towns and their surrounding villages, which were controlled by the five rulers. The large rock at Beth-shemesh, where they set the Ark of the Lord , still stands in the field of Joshua as a witness to what happened there.

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
A male and female of each kind entered, just as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord closed the door behind them.
Genesis 8:6
After another forty days, Noah opened the window he had made in the boat
2 Samuel 6:16
But as the Ark of the Lord entered the City of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looked down from her window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord , she was filled with contempt for him.
2 Kings 9:30
When Jezebel, the queen mother, heard that Jehu had come to Jezreel, she painted her eyelids and fixed her hair and sat at a window.
Ezekiel 41:16
were all paneled with wood, as were the frames of the recessed windows. The inner walls of the Temple were paneled with wood above and below the windows.
Ezekiel 42:3
One block of rooms overlooked the 35-foot width of the inner courtyard. Another block of rooms looked out onto the pavement of the outer courtyard. The two blocks were built three levels high and stood across from each other.
Luke 13:25
When the master of the house has locked the door, it will be too late. You will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Lord, open the door for us!' But he will reply, ‘I don't know you or where you come 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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