1 Samuel 5:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

So they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried to Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel there.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    So they gathered all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “What should we do with the Ark of the God of Israel?” They answered, “Let the Ark of the God of Israel be moved to Gath.” So they moved the Ark of the God of Israel.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    They sent{H7971} therefore and gathered{H622} all the lords{H5633} of the Philistines{H6430} unto them, and said,{H559} What shall we do{H6213} with the ark{H727} of the God{H430} of Israel?{H3478} And they answered,{H559} Let the ark{H727} of the God{H430} of Israel{H3478} be carried about{H5437} unto Gath.{H1661} And they carried{H5437} the ark{H727} of the God{H430} of Israel{H3478} [thither].{H5437}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    They sent{H7971}{(H8799)} therefore and gathered{H622}{(H8799)} all the lords{H5633} of the Philistines{H6430} unto them, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, What shall we do{H6213}{(H8799)} with the ark{H727} of the God{H430} of Israel{H3478}? And they answered{H559}{(H8799)}, Let the ark{H727} of the God{H430} of Israel{H3478} be carried about{H5437}{(H8735)} unto Gath{H1661}. And they carried{H5437} the ark{H727} of the God{H430} of Israel{H3478} about{H5437}{(H8686)} thither.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And they sent forth and gathered all the prynces of the Philistynes vnto them, and sayde: What shal we do with the Arke of the God of Israel? Then answered they of Geth: Let the Arke of the God of Israel be borne aboute.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    They sent therefore and gathered all the princes of the Philistims vnto them, and sayde, What shall we doe with the Arke of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the Arke of the God of Israel be caried about vnto Gath: and they caried the Arke of the God of Israel about.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    They sent therfore, and gathered all the lordes of the Philistines vnto them, and saide: What shall we do with the arke of the God of Israel? They aunswered: Let the arke of the God of Israel be caryed about vnto Gath. And they caried the arke of the God of Israel about.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about [thither].

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? They answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about to Gath. They carried the ark of the God of Israel [there].

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And they send and gather all the princes of the Philistines unto them, and say, `What do we do to the ark of the God of Israel?' and they say, `To Gath let the ark of the God of Israel be brought round;' and they bring round the ark of the God of Israel;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel `thither'.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel [thither] .

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    So they sent for all the lords of the Philistines to come together there, and said, What are we to do with the ark of the God of Israel? And their answer was, Let the ark of the God of Israel be taken away to Gath. So they took the ark of the God of Israel away.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them, and said, "What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?" They answered, "Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried over to Gath." They carried the ark of the God of Israel [there].

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    So they assembled all the leaders of the Philistines and asked,“What should we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” They replied,“The ark of the God of Israel should be moved to Gath.” So they moved the ark of the God of Israel.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 5:11 : 11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, that it may not kill us and our people. For there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
  • 1 Sam 17:4 : 4 A champion came out from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
  • Amos 6:2 : 2 Pass over to Calneh, and see; and from there go to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: are they better than these kingdoms? Or is their border greater than your border?
  • Zech 12:3 : 3 And in that day I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all who burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 5:1-7
    7 verses
    87%

    1 And the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

    2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon.

    3 And when the people of Ashdod arose early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and set him back in his place.

    4 And when they arose early the following morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the torso of Dagon was left to him.

    5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor any who come into Dagon's house tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.

    6 But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon the people of Ashdod, and He destroyed them and struck them with tumors, even Ashdod and its territory.

    7 When the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel must not remain with us, for His hand is harsh upon us and Dagon our god.

  • 1 Sam 5:9-12
    4 verses
    86%

    9 And it was so, that after they had carried it there, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction; He struck the men of the city, both small and great, and they had tumors in their secret parts.

    10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And as the ark of God came to Ekron, the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people.

    11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, that it may not kill us and our people. For there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

    12 And the men who did not die were struck with tumors, and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

  • 1 Sam 6:1-5
    5 verses
    82%

    1 And the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines for seven months.

    2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, "What shall we do with the ark of the Lord? Tell us how we should send it back to its place."

    3 And they said, "If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it empty, but indeed return to Him a trespass offering. Then you shall be healed, and it will be known to you why His hand has not been removed from you."

    4 Then they said, "What shall be the trespass offering that we shall return to Him?" They answered, "Five golden tumors and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines, for one plague was on all of you and on your lords."

    5 Therefore you shall make images of your tumors and images of your mice that ruin the land, and you shall give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps He will lighten His hand from upon you, your gods, and your land.

  • 1 Sam 4:3-4
    2 verses
    78%

    3 And when the people had come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Why has the LORD defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh to us, that when it comes among us, it may save us from the hand of our enemies.

    4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, who dwells between the cherubim, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

  • 1 Sam 6:8-13
    6 verses
    78%

    8 And take the ark of the Lord and set it on the cart, and put the jewels of gold, which you are returning to Him as a trespass offering, in a chest by its side and send it away, so that it may go.

    9 And watch, if it goes up the road to its own territory, to Beth Shemesh, then He has done us this great evil; but if not, then we shall know that it was not His hand that struck us, but it happened to us by chance.

    10 And the men did so; they took two milk cows, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.

    11 And they set the ark of the Lord on the cart, and the chest with the golden mice and the images of their tumors.

    12 And the cows took the straight road to Beth Shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines followed them to the border of Beth Shemesh.

    13 Now the people of Beth Shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley, and they lifted up their eyes and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.

  • 78%

    16 When the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

    17 These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned as a trespass offering to the Lord: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron;

    18 and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both fortified cities and country villages, even to the large stone of Abel, on which they set down the ark of the Lord, which remains to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.

  • 21 So they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath Jearim, saying, "The Philistines have brought back the ark of the Lord; come down and take it up to you."

  • 1 Sam 4:6-8
    3 verses
    75%

    6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What does the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews mean? And they understood that the ark of the LORD had come into the camp.

    7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe to us! for such a thing has not happened before.

    8 Woe to us! who shall deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods that struck the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.

  • 10 So David would not move the ark of the LORD to him into the city of David, but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.

  • 18 Saul said to Ahijah, "Bring here the ark of God," for the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel.

  • 4 And all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.

  • 1 Chr 13:5-7
    3 verses
    73%

    5 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even to the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim.

    6 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God the LORD, who dwells between the cherubim, whose name is called on it.

    7 And they carried the ark of God on a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.

  • 73%

    12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?

    13 So David did not bring the ark home to himself, to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.

  • 3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

  • 2 Sam 6:2-4
    3 verses
    72%

    2 And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts who dwells between the cherubim.

    3 And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.

    4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God; and Ahio went before the ark.

  • 25 So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy.

  • 9 And when they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark, for the oxen stumbled.

  • 18 The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the Valley of Rephaim.

  • 7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.

  • 10 And they put his armor in the house of their gods and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.

  • 3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD to its place, which he had prepared for it.

  • 13 And the Philistines once again spread themselves out in the valley.