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They put Yahweh’s ark on the cart, and the coffer with the golden mice and the images of their tumors.
1 Samuel 6:11 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
  • BSB Then they put the ark of the LORD on the cart, along with the chest containing the gold rats and the images of the tumors.
  • NKJV And they set the ark of the Lord on the cart, and the chest with the gold rats and the images of their tumors.
  • NASB And they put the ark of the Lord on the cart, and the saddlebag with the gold mice and the likenesses of their tumors.
  • NLT Then the Ark of the Lord and the chest containing the gold rats and gold tumors were placed on the cart.

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 3

  • 1 Chr 15:13–15For because you didn’t carry it at first, Yahweh our God broke out in anger against us, because we didn’t seek him according to the ordinance.”
  • 1 Chr 13:7They carried God’s ark on a new cart, and brought it out of Abinadab’s house; and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.
  • 2 Sam 6:3They set God’s ark on a new cart, and brought it out of Abinadab’s house that was on the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.

Themes, concepts, people & topics

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Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — 1 Samuel videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.

  • VideoWatch teaching on 1 Samuel 6:11YouTube · Lay · Free

    Sermons and teaching on this passage from across YouTube.

  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.

  • CommentaryClassic commentaries for this verseBibleHub (20+ works) · Pastoral · Free

    Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on 1 SamuelMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

The rise of the anointed king after Israel's failed first choice points to the true Anointed One (Messiah means 'anointed'), the shepherd-king after God's own heart from Bethlehem.

How 1 Samuel 6:11 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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