1 Samuel 6:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

And He struck the men of Beth Shemesh because they had looked into the ark of the Lord. He struck fifty thousand and seventy men of the people, and the people mourned because the Lord had struck the people with a great slaughter.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    But God struck down some of the men of Beth Shemesh because they looked into the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had inflicted them with a great blow.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he smote{H5221} of the men{H376} of Beth-shemesh,{H1053} because they had looked{H7200} into the ark{H727} of Jehovah,{H3068} he smote{H5221} of the people{H5971} seventy men,{H582} [and] fifty{H2572} thousand{H505} men;{H582} and the people{H582} mourned,{H56} because Jehovah{H3068} had smitten{H5221} the people{H5971} with a great{H1419} slaughter.{H4347}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he smote{H5221}{(H8686)} the men{H376} of Bethshemesh{H1053}, because they had looked{H7200}{(H8804)} into the ark{H727} of the LORD{H3068}, even he smote{H5221}{(H8686)} of the people{H5971} fifty{H2572} thousand{H505} and threescore and ten{H7657} men{H582}: and the people{H5971} lamented{H56}{(H8691)}, because the LORD{H3068} had smitten{H5221}{(H8689)} many of the people{H5971} with a great{H1419} slaughter{H4347}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And certaine of BethSames were slaine because they had sene ye Arke of the LORDE, and he slewe fyftye thousande and seuentye men of the people. Then mourned the people, because the LORDE had done so greate a slaughter in the people.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And hee smote of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked in the Arke of the Lord: he slew euen among the people fiftie thousand men and three score and ten men; the people lamented, because the Lord had slaine the people with so great a slaughter.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And he smote of the men of Bethsames, because they had loked in the arke of the Lorde, and he slue among the people fiftie thousand and three score and ten men: And the people lamented, because the Lorde had slaine the people with so great a slaughter.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten [many] of the people with a great slaughter.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He struck of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Yahweh, he struck of the people fifty thousand seventy men; and the people mourned, because Yahweh had struck the people with a great slaughter.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And He smiteth among the men of Beth-Shemesh, for they looked into the ark of Jehovah, yea, He smiteth among the people seventy men -- fifty chief men; and the people mourn, because Jehovah smote among the people -- a great smiting.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he smote of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Jehovah, he smote of the people seventy men, `and' fifty thousand men; and the people mourned, because Jehovah had smitten the people with a great slaughter.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he smote of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Jehovah, he smote of the people seventy men, [and] fifty thousand men; and the people mourned, because Jehovah had smitten the people with a great slaughter.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    But the Lord sent destruction on seventy men of the people of Beth-shemesh for looking into the ark of the Lord; and great was the sorrow of the people for the destruction which the Lord had sent on them.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He struck of the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Yahweh, he struck of the people fifty thousand seventy men; and the people mourned, because Yahweh had struck the people with a great slaughter.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    But the LORD struck down some of the people of Beth Shemesh because they had looked into the ark of the LORD; he struck down 50,070 of the men. The people grieved because the LORD had struck the people with a hard blow.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 19:21 : 21 And the LORD said to Moses, Go down, warn the people, lest they break through to the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
  • Num 4:15 : 15 And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to move forward, after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it; but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.
  • Num 4:20 : 20 But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.
  • 2 Sam 6:7 : 7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error, and there he died by the ark of God.
  • 1 Chr 13:9-9 : 9 And when they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark, for the oxen stumbled. 10 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and He struck him, because he put his hand on the ark, and there he died before God.
  • Col 2:18 : 18 Let no one beguile you of your reward in a false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
  • 1 Pet 4:17 : 17 For the time has come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begins with us, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?
  • Deut 29:29 : 29 The secret things belong to the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
  • Lev 10:1-3 : 1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer, put fire in it, placed incense on it, and offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them. 2 Then fire went out from the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord. 3 Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord spoke, saying, 'I will be sanctified in those who come near Me, and before all the people I will be glorified.' And Aaron remained silent.
  • Num 4:4-5 : 4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, regarding the most holy things: 5 And when the camp moves forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering veil, and cover the ark of testimony with it:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 6:20-21
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    20 And the men of Beth Shemesh said, "Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? And to whom shall He go up from us?"

    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 6:8-16
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    77%

    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.

    14 And the cart came into the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh and stood there; there was a large stone, and they split the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the Lord.

    15 The Levites took down the ark of the Lord and the chest that was with it, in which were the jewels of gold, and placed them on the large stone. And the men of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the Lord on that day.

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

  • 1 Chr 21:14
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    14 So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel: and seventy thousand men of Israel fell.

  • 1 Sam 5:6-12
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    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.

    8 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.

    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 Chr 13:9-10
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    9 And when they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark, for the oxen stumbled.

    10 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and He struck him, because he put his hand on the ark, and there he died before God.

  • 1 Sam 4:10-11
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    10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and they fled every man to his tent, and there was a very great slaughter; for thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.

    11 And the ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were killed.

  • 2 Sam 24:15
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    15 So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand men died from Dan to Beersheba.

  • 2 Sam 6:6-7
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    7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error, and there he died by the ark of God.

  • 2 Sam 18:7
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    7 Where the people of Israel were defeated before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.

  • 1 Sam 4:3
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    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.

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    71%

    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.

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    13 And it was so, that when those who bore the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.

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  • 1 Sam 6:1-4
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    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."

  • 1 Sam 4:17-18
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    17 And the messenger answered and said, Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people, and your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

    18 And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck broke, and he died; for he was an old man and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

  • 1 Chr 21:7
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    7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Israel.

  • 1 Sam 22:19
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    19 And Nob, the city of the priests, he struck with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing infants, and oxen, and donkeys, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

  • Judg 20:31
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    31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to strike of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goes up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

  • Josh 10:11
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    11 And it happened, as they fled from Israel and were on the descent to Beth Horon, that the LORD cast great stones from heaven upon them as far as Azekah, and they died. There were more who died from the hailstones than the children of Israel killed with the sword.

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    9 And those who died in the plague were twenty-four thousand.

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    35 And the LORD struck Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men; all these drew the sword.

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    10 And David's heart struck him after he had numbered the people. And David said to the LORD, I have sinned greatly in what I have done: and now, I beg You, O LORD, take away the iniquity of Your servant; for I have done very foolishly.

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    10 And the congregation sent there twelve thousand of their best men, and commanded them, saying, Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, including the women and the children.

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