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Psalms 132:6

Ephrathah

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

5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.

Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.

7 We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.

8 Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy 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 that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.

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  • 1 Samuel 7:1

    And the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.

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  • Micah 5:2

    But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

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  • 1 Chronicles 13:5–6

    So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim.

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  • Genesis 35:19

    And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem.

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  • Ruth 1:2

    And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

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