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And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of Jehovah was come into the camp.

בְּמַחֲנֵ֣ה (בְּ) be. “in”

Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? these are the gods that smote the Egyptians with all manner of plagues in the wilderness.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “with”בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

And when he came, lo, Eli was sitting upon his seat by the wayside watching; for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.

בָּעִ֔יר (בָּ) ba. “in the”

And he that brought the tidings answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

בָעָ֑ם (בָ) va. “among the”

And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands [ergänzt: lay] cut off upon the threshold; only [ergänzt: the stump of] Dagon was left to him.

בַבֹּקֶר֮ (בַ) va. “in the”

Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod, unto this day.

בְּאַשְׁדּ֑וֹד (בְּ) be. “in”

But the hand of Jehovah was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with tumors, even Ashdod and the borders thereof.

בַּטְּחֹרִ֔ים (בַּ) ba “with <the>”

And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of Jehovah was against the city with a very great discomfiture: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great; and tumors brake out upon them.

בָּעִיר֙ (בָּ) ba. “on the”

They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that is slay us not, and our people. For there was a deadly discomfiture throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And the men that died not were smitten with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

בַּטְּחֹרִ֑ים (בַּ) ba “with the”

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

בִּשְׂדֵ֥ה (בִּ) bi “in”

And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do with the ark of Jehovah? show us wherewith we shall sent it to its place.

בַּמֶּ֖ה (בַּ) ba. “<in>”

Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?

בָּהֶ֔ם (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”

Now therefore take and prepare you a new cart, and two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke; and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them;

בָּעֲגָלָ֔ה (בָּ) ba. “on the”

and take the ark of Jehovah, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass-offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.

בָאַרְגַּ֖ז (בָ) va. “in the”

And see; if it goeth up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.

בָּ֔נוּ (בָּ֔) Ba. “<in> <the>”

And the men did so, and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home;

בָּעֲגָלָ֑ה (בָּ) ba. “on the”בַבָּֽיִת׃ (בַ) va. “in the”

And the kine took the straight way by the way to Beth-shemesh; they went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh.

בַּדֶּ֗רֶךְ (בַּ) ba. “in the”בִּמְסִלָּ֣ה (בִּ) bi “on”

And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley; and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.

בָּעֵ֑מֶק (בָּ) ba. “in the”

And the Levites took down the ark of Jehovah, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt-offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto Jehovah.

בּ֣וֹ (בּ֣) b “[were] in <the>”בַּיּ֥וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

בַּיּ֥וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages, even unto the great stone, whereon they set down the ark of Jehovah, [ergänzt: which stone remaineth] unto this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite.

בִּשְׂדֵ֥ה (בִּ) bi “in”

And he smote of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Jehovah, he smote of the people seventy men, [ergänzt: and] fifty thousand men; and the people mourned, because Jehovah had smitten the people with a great slaughter.

בְּאַנְשֵׁ֣י (בְּ) be. “among”בַּאֲר֣וֹן (בַּ) ba. “in”בָּעָם֙ (בָּ) ba. “among the”בָּעָ֖ם (בָּ) ba. “<in> the”

And the men of Kiriath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of Jehovah, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of Jehovah.

בַּגִּבְעָ֑ה (בַּ) ba. “on the”