1 Samuel 6:16
New International Version
The five rulers of the Philistines saw all this and then returned that same day to Ekron.

New Living Translation
The five Philistine rulers watched all this and then returned to Ekron that same day.

English Standard Version
And when the five lords of the Philistines saw it, they returned that day to Ekron.

Berean Standard Bible
And when the five rulers of the Philistines saw this, they returned to Ekron that same day.

King James Bible
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

New King James Version
So when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

New American Standard Bible
When the five governors of the Philistines saw it, they returned to Ekron that day.

NASB 1995
When the five lords of the Philistines saw it, they returned to Ekron that day.

NASB 1977
And when the five lords of the Philistines saw it, they returned to Ekron that day.

Legacy Standard Bible
So the five lords of the Philistines saw it and returned to Ekron that day.

Amplified Bible
When the five lords of the Philistines saw what happened, they returned to Ekron that day.

Christian Standard Bible
When the five Philistine rulers observed this, they returned to Ekron that same day.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When the five Philistine rulers observed this, they returned to Ekron that same day.

American Standard Version
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the five Tyrants of the Philistines saw and returned to Akrun on that day

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the five lords of the Philistines saw, and returned to Ascalon in that day.

Contemporary English Version
When the five rulers of the Philistines saw what had happened, they went back to Ekron that same day.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the five princes of the Philistines saw, and they returned to Accaron the same day.

English Revised Version
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
After the five rulers of the Philistines saw this, they went back to Ekron that same day.

Good News Translation
The five Philistine kings watched them do this and then went back to Ekron that same day.

International Standard Version
When the five Philistine lords saw this, they returned to Ekron that very day.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

Literal Standard Version
and the five princes of the Philistines have seen [it], and return [to] Ekron, on that day.

Majority Standard Bible
And when the five rulers of the Philistines saw this, they returned to Ekron that same day.

New American Bible
After witnessing this, the five Philistine leaders returned to Ekron the same day.

NET Bible
The five leaders of the Philistines watched what was happening and then returned to Ekron on the same day.

New Revised Standard Version
When the five lords of the Philistines saw it, they returned that day to Ekron.

New Heart English Bible
When the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

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

Young's Literal Translation
and the five princes of the Philistines have seen it, and turn back to Ekron, on that day.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Ark Returned to Israel
15And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the chest containing the gold objects, and they placed them on the large rock. That day the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD. 16And when the five rulers of the Philistines saw this, they returned to Ekron that same day. 17As a guilt offering to the LORD, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.…

Cross References
Joshua 13:3
from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)--that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;

Judges 3:3
the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.


Treasury of Scripture

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

the five

1 Samuel 6:4,12
Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords…

Joshua 13:3
From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:

Judges 3:3
Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.

they returned

1 Samuel 5:10
Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.

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1 Samuel 6
1. After seven months the Philistines take counsel how to send back the ark
10. They bring it on a new cart with an offering unto Beth Shemesh
19. The people are smitten for looking into the ark
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(16) They returned to Ekron.--The five Philistine princes, when they had watched the strange scene from a distance, returned; their mission was accomplished, and the question solved as to the source of the plagues which had visited their country.

Verse 16. - They returned to Ekron the same day. The lords of the Philistines would of course take no part in this rejoicing, but, having seen the ark restored, and the people busied in making preparations for the sacrifice, returned immediately home.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And when the five
וַחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה (wa·ḥă·miš·šāh)
Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular
Strong's 2568: Five

rulers
סַרְנֵֽי־ (sar·nê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 5633: An axle, a peer

of the Philistines
פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים (p̄ə·liš·tîm)
Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia

had seen [this],
רָא֑וּ (rā·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7200: To see

they returned
וַיָּשֻׁ֥בוּ (way·yā·šu·ḇū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

to Ekron
עֶקְר֖וֹן (‘eq·rō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6138: Ekron -- a Philistine city

that same
הַהֽוּא׃ (ha·hū)
Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

day.
בַּיּ֥וֹם (bay·yō·wm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day


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