Study it in the app“So they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the Elohim of Israel?” And they said, “Let the ark of the Elohim of Israel be moved around to Gath.” So they moved the ark of the Elohim of Israel.”
So they sentוַיִּשְׁלְחוּand gatheredוַיַּאַסְפוּallאֶת כָּלthe lordsסַרְנֵיof the Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּיםto themאֲלֵיהֶםand said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“Whatמַהshall we doנַּעֲשֶׂהwith the arkלַאֲרוֹןof the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel?”יִשְׂרָאֵלAnd they said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“Let the arkאֲרוֹןof the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלbe moved aroundיִסֹּבto Gath.”גַּתSo they movedוַיַּסֵּבּוּthe arkאֶת אֲרוֹןof the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlchu” appearsassemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “yaasfu” appearslord
One of the five chiefs of the Philistine cities.
Where else “sarne” appearsPhilistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “felishtim” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “naase” appearsark
The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.
Where else “aron” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsturn
To turn another way, or to pass to another owner: the face, a kingdom, a name.
Where else “yisov” appearsGath
See it on the mapWhere else “gat” appearsGath ?
Today: possibly Tell es-Safi (Tel Zafit), Israel
A Philistine city at the edge of the coastal plain; its exact site is not certain.
Goliath was from Gath (1 Sam 17:4). David fled from Saul to Gath and pretended to be insane (1 Sam 21:10-13).
7And the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, and they said, “The ark of the Elohim of Israel shall not stay with us, for his hand is hard on us and on Dagon our god.”
8 · This verse (above)
9And it happened, after they had moved it, that the hand of YHWH was against the city with a very great confusion; and he struck the men of the city, from the small to the great, and tumors broke out on them.
