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1 Samuel 6:12-21

6:12

And the kine
<06510>

took the straight
<03474> (8799)

way
<01870>

to the way
<01870>

of Bethshemesh
<01053>_,

[and] went along
<01980> (8804)

the highway
<04546> <0259>_,

lowing
<01600> (8800)

as they went
<01980> (8800)_,

and turned not aside
<05493> (8804)

[to] the right hand
<03225>

or [to] the left
<08040>_;

and the lords
<05633>

of the Philistines
<06430>

went
<01980> (8802)

after
<0310>

them unto the border
<01366>

of Bethshemesh
<01053>_.

6:13

And [they of] Bethshemesh
<01053>

[were] reaping
<07114> (8802)

their wheat
<02406>

harvest
<07105>

in the valley
<06010>_:

and they lifted up
<05375> (8799)

their eyes
<05869>_,

and saw
<07200> (8799)

the ark
<0727>_,

and rejoiced
<08055> (8799)

to see
<07200> (8800)

[it].

6:14

And the cart
<05699>

came
<0935> (8802)

into the field
<07704>

of Joshua
<03091>_,

a Bethshemite
<01030>_,

and stood
<05975> (8799)

there, where [there was] a great
<01419>

stone
<068>_:

and they clave
<01234> (8762)

the wood
<06086>

of the cart
<05699>_,

and offered
<05927> (8689)

the kine
<06510>

a burnt offering
<05930>

unto the LORD
<03068>_.

6:15

And the Levites
<03881>

took down
<03381> (8689)

the ark
<0727>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and the coffer
<0712>

that [was] with it, wherein the jewels
<03627>

of gold
<02091>

[were], and put
<07760> (8799)

[them] on the great
<01419>

stone
<068>_:

and the men
<0582>

of Bethshemesh
<01053>

offered
<05927> (8689)

burnt offerings
<05930>

and sacrificed
<02076> (8799)

sacrifices
<02077>

the same day
<03117>

unto the LORD
<03068>_.

6:16

And when the five
<02568>

lords
<05633>

of the Philistines
<06430>

had seen
<07200> (8804)

[it], they returned
<07725> (8799)

to Ekron
<06138>

the same day
<03117>_.

6:17

And these [are] the golden
<02091>

emerods
<02914>

which the Philistines
<06430>

returned
<07725> (8689)

[for] a trespass offering
<0817>

unto the LORD
<03068>_;

for Ashdod
<0795>

one
<0259>_,

for Gaza
<05804>

one
<0259>_,

for Askelon
<0831>

one
<0259>_,

for Gath
<01661>

one
<0259>_,

for Ekron
<06138>

one
<0259>_;

6:18

And the golden
<02091>

mice
<05909>_,

[according to] the number
<04557>

of all the cities
<05892>

of the Philistines
<06430>

[belonging] to the five
<02568>

lords
<05633>_,

[both] of fenced
<04013>

cities
<05892>_,

and of country
<06521>

villages
<03724>_,

even unto the great
<01419>

[stone of] Abel
<059>_,

whereon they set down
<03240> (8689)

the ark
<0727>

of the LORD
<03068>_:

[which stone remaineth] unto this day
<03117>

in the field
<07704>

of Joshua
<03091>_,

the Bethshemite
<01030>_.

{great...: or, great stone}

6:19

And he smote
<05221> (8686)

the men
<0376>

of Bethshemesh
<01053>_,

because they had looked
<07200> (8804)

into the ark
<0727>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

even he smote
<05221> (8686)

of the people
<05971>

fifty
<02572>

thousand
<0505>

and threescore and ten
<07657>

men
<0582>_:

and the people
<05971>

lamented
<056> (8691)_,

because the LORD
<03068>

had smitten
<05221> (8689)

[many] of the people
<05971>

with a great
<01419>

slaughter
<04347>_.

6:20

And the men
<0582>

of Bethshemesh
<01053>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Who is able
<03201> (8799)

to stand
<05975> (8800)

before
<06440>

this holy
<06918>

LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>_?

and to whom shall he go up
<05927> (8799)

from us?

6:21

And they sent
<07971> (8799)

messengers
<04397>

to the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

of Kirjathjearim
<07157>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

The Philistines
<06430>

have brought again
<07725> (8689)

the ark
<0727>

of the LORD
<03068>_;

come ye down
<03381> (8798)_,

[and] fetch it up
<05927> (8685)

to you.