1 Samuel 6:1
New International Version
When the ark of the LORD had been in Philistine territory seven months,

New Living Translation
The Ark of the LORD remained in Philistine territory seven months in all.

English Standard Version
The ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

Berean Standard Bible
When the ark of the LORD had been in the land of the Philistines seven months,

King James Bible
And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

New King James Version
Now the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

New American Standard Bible
Now the ark of the LORD had been in the territory of the Philistines for seven months.

NASB 1995
Now the ark of the LORD had been in the country of the Philistines seven months.

NASB 1977
Now the ark of the LORD had been in the country of the Philistines seven months.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now the ark of Yahweh had been in the fields of the Philistines seven months.

Amplified Bible
Now the ark of the LORD had been in the country of the Philistines for seven months.

Christian Standard Bible
When the ark of the LORD had been in Philistine territory for seven months,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When the ark of the LORD had been in the land of the Philistines for seven months,

American Standard Version
And the ark of Jehovah was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the Ark of LORD JEHOVAH was in a field of the Philistines seven months

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the ark was seven months in the country of the Philistines, and their land brought forth swarms of mice.

Contemporary English Version
After the sacred chest had been in Philistia for seven months,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now the ark of God was in the land of the Philistines seven months.

English Revised Version
And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The ark of the LORD had been in Philistine territory seven months

Good News Translation
After the LORD's Covenant Box had been in Philistia for seven months,

International Standard Version
The Ark of the LORD remained in Philistine territory for seven months.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

Literal Standard Version
And the Ark of YHWH is in the field of the Philistines [for] seven months,

Majority Standard Bible
When the ark of the LORD had been in the land of the Philistines seven months,

New American Bible
The ark of the LORD had been in the land of the Philistines seven months

NET Bible
When the ark of the LORD had been in the land of the Philistines for seven months,

New Revised Standard Version
The ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

New Heart English Bible
The ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

World English Bible
Yahweh’s ark was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

Young's Literal Translation
And the ark of Jehovah is in the field of the Philistines seven months,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Ark Returned to Israel
1When the ark of the LORD had been in the land of the Philistines seven months, 2the Philistines summoned the priests and diviners, saying, “What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? Tell us how to send it back to its place.”…

Cross References
1 Samuel 5:12
Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.

1 Samuel 6:2
the Philistines summoned the priests and diviners, saying, "What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? Tell us how to send it back to its place."


Treasury of Scripture

And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

A.

1 Samuel 5:1,3,10,11
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod…

Psalm 78:61
And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.

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1 Samuel 6
1. After seven months the Philistines take counsel how to send back the ark
10. They bring it on a new cart with an offering unto Beth Shemesh
19. The people are smitten for looking into the ark
21. They send to them of Kiriath Jearim to fetch it














Verses 1, 2. - The ark of Jehovah was in the country - literally, the field, i.e. the territory - of the Philistines seven months, during which long time the people wherever the ark was deposited were afflicted in their persons with a most painful malady. The princes determined, therefore, to restore it to Israel, and convened the priests and the diviners, that they might advise them as to the manner in which this purpose should be best carried out, lest some error or want of due reverence might only serve to increase their sufferings. It would be the duty of the priests to see that the proper ceremonial was observed in moving the ark, while the diviners would decide what day and hour and special method would be lucky. The importance of the diviner, qosem, is shown by his being mentioned in Isaiah 3:2 in an enumeration of the leading orders in the state. He is placed there between the prophet and the elder or senator; but the A.V., displeased perhaps at finding one who practised a forbidden art nevertheless described as practically so valued, translates the word prudent. Literally it means a divider or partitioner, because it was his office to separate things into the two classes of lucky and unlucky. Tell us wherewith, etc, Though this translation is tenable, the right rendering is probably how. The princes did not assume that gifts must accompany the ark, but inquired generally as to the best method of restoring it. So the answer of the priests and diviners is not merely that expiatory offerings are to be made, but that the ark is to be sent back in such a way as to give proof that Jehovah had intervened, or the contrary (vers. 7, 8, 9).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
When the ark
אֲרוֹן־ (’ă·rō·wn-)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 727: A chest, ark

of the LORD
יְהוָ֛ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

had been
וַיְהִ֧י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

in the land
בִּשְׂדֵ֥ה (biś·ḏêh)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7704: Field, land

of the Philistines
פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים (p̄ə·liš·tîm)
Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia

for seven
שִׁבְעָ֥ה (šiḇ·‘āh)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

months,
חֳדָשִֽׁים׃ (ḥo·ḏā·šîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2320: The new moon, a month


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