KJV King James Version
Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
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Psalm 132:6
Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
We heard that the ark was in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.
WEB World English Bible
Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar:
ASV American Standard Version
Lo, we heard of it in Ephrathah: We found it in the field of the wood.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Lo, we have heard it in Ephratah, We have found it in the fields of the forest.
Surrounding context — Psalm 132
3 Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;
4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, [or] slumber to mine eyelids,
5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty [God] of Jacob.
6 Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
7 We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.
8 Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.
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1 Samuel 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.1 Samuel 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.Micah 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.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.1 Chronicles 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.Genesis 35:19And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which [is] Bethlehem.
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