Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
Parallel translations
- WEB Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar:
- BSB We heard that the ark was in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.
- NKJV Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah; We found it in the fields of the woods.
- NASB ¶Behold, we heard about it in Ephrathah, We found it in the field of Jaar.
- NLT We heard that the Ark was in Ephrathah; then we found it in the distant countryside of Jaar.
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Quick answer
The people recall hearing of the ark and finding it in the fields of Jaar. It recounts the joyful recovery and bringing up of the ark of God.
Overview
The psalm remembers locating the ark, associated with Ephrathah and the fields of Jaar near Kiriath-jearim, where it had long rested. The community joins in the journey to restore God's presence to its proper place. This points to the longing for God to dwell among His people, fulfilled in Christ, God with us.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- 1 Sam 17:12Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
- 1 Sam 7:1And the men of Kirjathjearim 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.
- Mic 5:2But thou, Bethlehem 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.
- 1 Chr 13:5–6So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim.
- Ruth 1:2And 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 Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
- Gen 35:19And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
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