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Psalms 132:6

Ephrathah

4 I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,

5 until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

We heard that the ark was in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.

7 Let us go to His dwelling place; let us worship at His footstool.

8 Arise, O LORD, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
We heard that the ark was in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.
KJV
Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
WEB
Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar.
ASV
Lo, we heard of it in Ephrathah: We found it in the field of the wood.
DARBY
Behold, we heard of it at Ephratah, we found it in the fields of the wood.
BLB
Behold, we have heard of it in Ephrathah, we have found it in the fields of Jaar.
ÅB
Se, vi hørte om den[^1] i Efrata[^2], vi fant den i skogsbygden[^3].
OTB
Se, vi hørte om det i Efrata,
vi fant det på Jaars marker.
B1930
Se, vi hørte om den i Efrata, vi fant den i skogsbygden. / < d.e. paktens ark.> / < 1MO 35, 19.> / < Kirjat-Jearim.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 17:12

    Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons in the days of Saul. And Jesse was old and well along in years.

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  • 1 Samuel 7:1

    Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab’s house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD.

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  • Micah 5:2

    But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel — One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.

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  • 1 Chronicles 13:5–6

    So David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.

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  • Genesis 35:19

    So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

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  • Ruth 1:2

    The man’s name was Elimelech, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah, and they entered the land of Moab and settled there.

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