1 Samuel 6 · Verse 16

1 Samuel 6:16

And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
1 Samuel 6:16, King James Version

1 Samuel 6:16 in other translations

BSBAnd when the five rulers of the Philistines saw this, they returned to Ekron that same day.
WEBWhen the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
ASVAnd when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
YLTand the five princes of the Philistines have seen it, and turn back to Ekron, on that day.
DARBYAnd the five lords of the Philistines saw it, and returned to Ekron the same day.
BBEAnd the five lords of the Philistines, having seen it, went back to Ekron the same day.
WebsterAnd when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

What does 1 Samuel 6:16 mean?

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 6:16 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.

וַחֲמִשָּׁ֥הva.cha.mi.Shahand fiveH2568
סַרְנֵֽי\־sar.nei-[the] rulers ofH5633
פְלִשְׁתִּ֖יםfe.lish.Tim[the] PhilistinesH6430
רָא֑וּra.'Uthey sawH7200
וַיָּשֻׁ֥בוּvai.ya.Shu.vuand they went backH7725
עֶקְר֖וֹןek.RonEkronH6138
בַּיּ֥וֹםbai.Yomon the dayH3117
הַהֽוּא\׃\ \סha.Hu'<the> thatH1931

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Samuel 6:16

  • Judges 3:3

    Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal–hermon unto the entering in of Hamath.

  • Joshua 13:3

    From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:

  • 1 Samuel 6:4

    Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.

  • Judges 16:5

    And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.

  • Judges 16:23-30

    Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us. And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars. And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them. …

  • 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.

  • 1 Samuel 5:10

    Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.

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the five.
4,12; Jos 13:3; Jud 3:3; 16:5,23-30
they returned.
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Context

  • 1 Samuel 6:15

    And the Levites took down the ark of the Lord, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth–shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the Lord.

  • 1 Samuel 6:16

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

  • 1 Samuel 6:17

    And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the Lord; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;

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1 Samuel 6:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Lo cual viendo los cinco príncipes de los Filisteos, volviéronse á Ecrón el mismo día.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et les cinq princes des Philistins virent cela, et s’en retournèrent à Ékron ce jour-là.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die fünf Fürsten der Philister sahen zu und kehrten an jenem Tage nach Ekron zurück.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et quinque satrapæ Philisthinorum viderunt, et reversi sunt in Accaron in die illa.