1 Samuel 6:1
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Now the ark of God was in the land of the Philistines seven months.

A.

2864 B.C.

1140 An. Ex. Is.

351
the ark

1 Samuel 5:1,3,10,11 And the Philistines took the ark of God, and carried it from the Stone of help into Azotus. . . .

Psalm 78:61 And he delivered their strength into captivity: and their beauty into the hands of the enemy.

Context
The Ark Returned to Israel
1Now the ark of God was in the land of the Philistines seven months.2And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying: What shall we do with the ark of the Lord? tell us how we are to send it back to its place. And they said:…
Cross References
1 Samuel 5:12
For there was the fear of death in every city, and the hand of God was exceeding heavy. The men also that did not die, were afflicted with the emerods: and the cry of every city went up to heaven.

1 Samuel 6:2
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 are to send it back to its place. And they said:

Lexicon
When the ark
אֲרוֹן־ (’ă·rō·wn-)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 727: A chest, ark

of the LORD
יְהוָ֛ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

had been
וַיְהִ֧י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

in the land
בִּשְׂדֵ֥ה (biś·ḏêh)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7704: Field, land

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

for seven
שִׁבְעָ֥ה (šiḇ·‘āh)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

months,
חֳדָשִֽׁים׃ (ḥo·ḏā·šîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2320: The new moon, a month


Additional Translations
When the ark of the LORD had been in the land of the Philistines for seven months,And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

And the ark of Jehovah was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

And the ark was seven months in the country of the Philistines, and their land brought forth swarms of mice.

And the ark of Jehovah was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

The ark of Yahweh was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

And the ark of Jehovah is in the field of the Philistines seven months,
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