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Psalms 132:6

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah, We found it in the field of Jaar.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Lo, we heard of it in Ephrathah: we found it in the field of the wood.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Lo, we heard of it in Ephrathah: We found it in the field of the wood.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Behold, we heard of it at Ephratah, we found it in the fields of the wood.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Lo! we heard of it at Ephrathah, we found it in the fields of the wood.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— 'Lo, we have heard it in Ephratah, We have found it in the fields of the forest.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Behold we have heard of it in Ephrata: we have found it in the fields of the wood.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Lo, we heard of it in Ephrathah, and found it in the fieldes of the forest.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Loe, wee heard of it at Ephrata: we found it in the fields of the wood.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah; we found it in the fields.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Behold, we heard of it in Ephrath{gr.Ephratha}; we found it in the fields of the wood.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Lo, we heard of it at Efrathah: we found it in the fields of the wood.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Lo, x2009
(2009) Complement
הִנֵּה
hinneh
{hin-nay'}
Prolonged for H2005; lo!.
we heard 8085
{8085} Prime
שָׁמַע
shama`
{shaw-mah'}
A primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively to tell, etc.).
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
of it at ´Efräŧà אֶפרָתָה: 672
{0672} Prime
אֶפְרָת
'Ephraath
{ef-rawth'}
From H6509; fruitfulness; Ephrath, another name for Bethlehem; once used in Psalms 132:6 perhaps for Ephraim; also of an Israelitish woman.
we found 4672
{4672} Prime
מָצָא
matsa'
{maw-tsaw'}
A primitive root; properly to come forth to, that is, appear or exist; transitively to attain, that is, find or acquire; figuratively to occur, meet or be present.
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
it in the fields 7704
{7704} Prime
שָׂדֶה
sadeh
{saw-deh'}
From an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat).
of the wood. 3293
{3293} Prime
יָעַר
ya`ar
{yah'-ar}
From an unused root probably meaning to thicken with verdure; a copse of bushes; hence a forest; hence honey in the comb (as hived in trees).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Psalms 132:6

_ _ These may be the “words of David” and his pious friends, who,

_ _ at Ephratah — or Beth-lehem (Genesis 48:7), where he once lived, may have heard of the ark, which he found for the first time

_ _ in the fields of the wood — or, Jair, or Kirjath-jearim (“City of woods”) (1 Samuel 7:1; 2 Samuel 6:3, 2 Samuel 6:4), whence it was brought to Zion.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 132:1-10.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 132:6

It — Of the ark. Ephratah — In the tribe of Ephraim, which was called also Ephratah. Found it — Afterwards we found it in Kirjath — jearim, which signifies a city of woods, in the territory whereof the ark was seated for twenty years.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 132:6

Lo, we heard of it at (d) Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.

(d) The common instinct was that the ark should remain in Ephratah, that is, in Bethlehem a plentiful place: but later we perceived that you would place it in Jerusalem, which was barren as a forest and compassed about only with hills.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
at Ephratah:

Ruth 1:2 And 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 Samuel 17:12 Now 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 5:2 But 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.

we found:

1 Samuel 7:1 And 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 Chronicles 13:5-6 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim. ... And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, [that is], to Kirjathjearim, which [belonged] to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth [between] the cherubims, whose name is called [on it].
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Ru 1:2. 1S 7:1; 17:12. 1Ch 13:5. Mi 5:2.

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