1 Samuel 6 · Verse 11

1 Samuel 6:11

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.
1 Samuel 6:11, King James Version

1 Samuel 6:11 in other translations

BSBThen they put the ark of the LORD on the cart, along with the chest containing the gold rats and the images of the tumors.
WEBThey put the LORD’s ark on the cart, and the box with the golden mice and the images of their tumors.
ASVand they put the ark of Jehovah upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their tumors.
YLTand they place the ark of Jehovah upon the cart, and the coffer, and the golden mice, and the images of their emerods.
DARBYAnd they laid the ark of Jehovah upon the cart, and the coffer with the golden mice and the images of their sores.
BBEAnd they put the ark of the Lord on the cart and the chest with the gold images.
WebsterAnd they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.

What does 1 Samuel 6:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 6:9-12

9-12. 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…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 6:10-18

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.

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1 Samuel 6:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיָּשִׂ֛מוּvai.ya.Si.muand they putH7760
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אֲר֥וֹן'a.Ron[the] ark ofH727
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֶל\־'el-intoH413
הָעֲגָלָ֑הha.'a.ga.Lahthe cartH5699
וְאֵ֣תve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הָאַרְגַּ֗זha.'ar.Gazthe boxH712
וְאֵת֙ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
עַכְבְּרֵ֣י'akh.be.Rei[the] mice ofH5909
הַזָּהָ֔בha.za.Hav<the> goldH2091
וְאֵ֖תve.'Etand <obj.>H853
צַלְמֵ֥יtzal.Mei[the] images ofH6754
טְחֹרֵיהֶֽם\׃te.cho.rei.Hemtumors theirH2914

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Cross references for 1 Samuel 6:11

  • 1 Chronicles 15:13-15

    For because ye did it not at the first, the Lord our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order. So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel. And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the Lord.

  • 1 Chronicles 13:7

    And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.

  • 2 Samuel 6:3

    And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.

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they laid.
2Sa 6:3; 1Ch 13:7; 15:13-15

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 6:10

    And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:

  • 1 Samuel 6:11

    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.

  • 1 Samuel 6:12

    And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth–shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth–shemesh.

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1 Samuel 6:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Luego pusieron el arca de Jehová sobre el carro, y la caja con los ratones de oro y con las formas de sus hemorroides.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et ils mirent l’arche de l’ Éternel sur le chariot, et le coffret, avec les souris d’or et les figures de leurs hémorroïdes.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie stellten die Lade Jehovas auf den Wagen, und das Kästlein mit den goldenen Mäusen und den Bildern ihrer Beulen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et posuerunt arcam Dei super plaustrum, et capsellam quæ habebat mures aureos et similitudines anorum.