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1 Samuel 6:16

And the five princes of the Philistines saw, and they returned to Accaron 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 King James Version
So 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.
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 They did therefore in this manner: and taking two kine, that had sucking calves, they yoked them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home. 11 And they laid the ark of God upon the cart, and the little box that had in it the golden mice, and the likeness of the emerods. 12 And the kine took the straight way, that leadeth to Bethsames, and they went along the way, lowing as they went: and turned not aside neither to the right hand nor to the left: and the lords of the Philistines followed them as far as the borders of Bethsames. 13 Now the Bethsamites were reaping wheat in the valley: and lifting up their eyes, they saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. 14 And the cart came into the field of Josue, a Bethsamite, and stood there. And there was a great stone, and they cut in pieces the wood of the cart, and laid the kine upon it a holocaust to the Lord. 15 And the Levites took down the ark of God, and the little box that was at the side of it, wherein were the vessels of gold, and they put them upon the great stone. The men also of Bethsames offered holocausts, and sacrificed victims that day to the Lord. 16 And the five princes of the Philistines saw, and they returned to Accaron the same day. 17 And these are the golden emerods, which the Philistines returned for sin to the Lord: For Azotus one, for Gaza one, for Ascalon one, for Geth one, for Accaron one: 18 And the golden mice, according to the number of the cities of the Philistines, of the five provinces, from the fenced city to the village that was without wall, and to the great Abel (the stone) whereon they set down the ark of the Lord, which was till that day in the field of Josue the Bethsamite.

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
And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in on the outside.
Genesis 8:6
And after that forty days were passed, Noe opening the window of the ark, which he had made, sent forth a raven:
2 Samuel 6:16
And when the ark of the Lord was come into the city of David, Michol the daughter of Saul, looking out through a window, saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord: and she despised him in her heart.
2 Kings 9:30
And Jehu came into Jezrahel. But Jezabel, hearing of his coming in, painted her face with stibic stone, and adorned her head, and looked out of a window.
Ezekiel 41:16
The thresholds, and the oblique windows, and the galleries round about on three sides, over against the threshold of every one, and floored with wood all round about: and the ground was up to the windows, and the windows were shut over the doors.
Ezekiel 42:3
Over against the twenty cubits of the inner court, and over against the pavement of the outward court that was paved with stone, where there was a gallery joined to a triple gallery.
Luke 13:25
But when the master of the house shall be gone in and shall shut the door, you shall begin to stand without; and knock at the door, saying: Lord, open to us. And he answering, shall say to you: I know you not, whence you are.

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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