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1 Samuel 6:14

JoshuaBeth-shemesh

12 And the cows headed straight up the road toward Beth-shemesh, staying on that one highway and lowing as they went, never straying to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed behind them to the border of Beth-shemesh.

13 Now the people of Beth-shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley, and when they looked up and saw the ark, they were overjoyed at the sight.

The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there near a large rock. The people chopped up the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.

15 And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the chest containing the gold objects, and they placed them on the large rock. That day the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.

16 And when the five rulers of the Philistines saw this, they returned to Ekron that same day.

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BSB
The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there near a large rock. The people chopped up the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.
KJV
And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD.
WEB
The cart came into the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh, and stood there, where there was a great stone. Then they split the wood of the cart and offered up the cows for a burnt offering to the LORD.
ASV
And the cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered up the kine for a burnt-offering unto Jehovah.
DARBY
And the cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemeshite, and stood there; and a great stone was there. And they clave the wood of the cart, and offered up the kine as a burnt-offering to Jehovah.
BLB
And the cart came into the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh, and it stood still there; and there [was] a large stone. And they split the wood of the cart, and they offered the cows as a burnt offering to YHWH.
ÅB
Da vognen kom inn på betsemesitten Josvas mark, stanset den der. Der lå en stor stein. Da hugg de treverket i vognen i stykker og ofret kyrne til brennoffer for Herren.
OTB
Vognen kom til Josvas mark i Bet-Semes og stanset ved en stor stein. Folket hogde opp treverket fra vognen og ofret kyrne som et brennoffer til Herren.
B1930
Da vognen kom inn på betsemesitten Josvas mark, stanset den der. Der lå en stor sten. Da hugg de treverket i vognen i stykker og ofret kyrne til brennoffer for Herren.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 24:22

    Araunah said to David, “My lord the king may take whatever seems good and offer it up. Here are the oxen for a burnt offering and the threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood.

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  • Judges 21:4

    The next day the people got up early, built an altar there, and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings.

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  • 1 Samuel 20:29

    saying, ‘Please let me go, because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.’ That is why he did not come to the king’s table.”

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  • 1 Samuel 11:5

    Just then Saul was returning from the field, behind his oxen. “What troubles the people?” asked Saul. “Why are they weeping?” And they relayed to him the words of the men from Jabesh.

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  • 1 Samuel 7:9–17

    Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.

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  • 1 Kings 18:30–38

    Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people approached him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down.

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  • 2 Samuel 24:18

    And that day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”

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  • 1 Kings 19:21

    So Elisha turned back from him, took his pair of oxen, and slaughtered them. With the oxen’s equipment, he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow and serve Elijah.

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