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And the Philistines hear the noise of the shouting, and say, `What `is' the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews?' and they perceive that the ark of Jehovah hath come in unto the camp.

בְּמַחֲנֵ֣ה (בְּ) be. “in”

Wo to us, who doth deliver us out of the hand of these honourable gods? these `are' the gods who are smiting the Egyptians with every plague in the wilderness.

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

And a man of Benjamin runneth out of the ranks, and cometh into Shiloh, on that day, and his long robes `are' rent, and earth on his head;

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

and he cometh in, and lo, Eli is sitting on the throne by the side of the way, watching, for his heart hath been trembling for the ark of God, and the man hath come in to declare `it' in the city, and all the city crieth out.

בָּעִ֔יר (בָּ) ba. “in the”

And he who is bearing tidings answereth and saith, `Israel hath fled before the Philistines, and also a great slaughter hath been among the people, and also thy two sons have died -- Hophni and Phinehas -- and the ark of God hath been captured.'

בָעָ֑ם (בָ) va. “among the”

And they rise early in the morning on the morrow, and lo, Dagon is fallen on its face to the earth, before the ark of Jehovah, and the head of Dagon, and the two palms of its hands are cut off at the threshold, only the fishy part hath been left to him;

בַבֹּקֶר֮ (בַ) va. “in the”

therefore the priests of Dagon, and all those coming into the house of Dagon, tread not on the threshold of Dagon, in Ashdod, till this day.

בְּאַשְׁדּ֑וֹד (בְּ) be. “in”

And the hand of Jehovah is heavy on the Ashdodites, and He maketh them desolate, and smiteth them with emerods, Ashdod and its borders.

בַּטְּחֹרִ֔ים (בַּ) ba “with <the>”

and it cometh to pass after they have brought it round, that the hand of Jehovah is against the city -- a very great destruction; and He smiteth the men of the city, from small even unto great; and break forth on them do emerods.

בָּעִיר֙ (בָּ) ba. “on the”

And they send and gather all the princes of the Philistines, and say, `Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and it turneth back to its place, and it doth not put us to death -- and our people;' for there hath been a deadly destruction throughout all the city, very heavy hath the hand of God been there,

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

and the men who have not died have been smitten with emerods, and the cry of the city goeth up into the heavens.

בַּטְּחֹרִ֑ים (בַּ) ba “with the”

And the ark of Jehovah is in the field of the Philistines seven months,

בִּשְׂדֵ֥ה (בִּ) bi “in”

and the Philistines call for priests and for diviners, saying, `What do we do to the ark of Jehovah? let us know wherewith we send it to its place?'

בַּמֶּ֖ה (בַּ) ba. “<in>”

and why do ye harden your heart as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their heart? do they not -- when He hath rolled Himself upon them -- send them away, and they go?

בָּהֶ֔ם (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”

`And now, take and make one new cart, and two suckling kine, on which a yoke hath not gone up, and ye have bound the kine in the cart, and caused their young ones to turn back from after them to the house,

בָּעֲגָלָ֔ה (בָּ) ba. “on the”

and ye have taken the ark of Jehovah, and put it on the cart, and the vessels of gold which ye have returned to Him -- a guilt-offering -- ye put in a coffer on its side, and have sent it away, and it hath gone;

בָאַרְגַּ֖ז (בָ) va. “in the”

and ye have seen, if the way of its own border it goeth up to Beth-Shemesh -- He hath done to us this great evil; and if not, then we have known that His hand hath not come against us; an accident it hath been to us.'

בָּ֔נוּ (בָּ֔) Ba. “<in> <the>”

And the men do so, and take two suckling kine, and bind them in the cart, and their young ones they have shut up in the house;

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

And the kine go straight in the way, on the way to Beth-Shemesh, in one highway they have gone, going and lowing, and have not turned aside right or left; and the princes of the Philistines are going after them unto the border of Beth-Shemesh.

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

And the Beth-Shemeshites are reaping their wheat-harvest in the valley, and they lift up their eyes, and see the ark, and rejoice to see `it'.

בָּעֵ֑מֶק (בָּ) ba. “in the”

And the Levites have taken down the ark of Jehovah, and the coffer which `is' with it, in which `are' the vessels of gold, and place `them' on the great stone; and the men of Beth-Shemesh have caused to ascend burnt-offerings and sacrifice sacrifices in that day to Jehovah;

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

and the five princes of the Philistines have seen `it', and turn back `to' Ekron, on that day.

בַּיּ֥וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

and the golden mice -- the number of all the cities of the Philistines -- for the five princes, from the fenced city even unto the hamlet of the villages, even unto the great meadow on which they placed the ark of Jehovah -- `are' unto this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-Shemeshite.

בִּשְׂדֵ֥ה (בִּ) bi “in”

And He smiteth among the men of Beth-Shemesh, for they looked into the ark of Jehovah, yea, He smiteth among the people seventy men -- fifty chief men; and the people mourn, because Jehovah smote among the people -- a great smiting.

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

And the men of Kirjath-Jearim come and bring up the ark of Jehovah, and bring it in unto the house of Abinadab, in the height, and Eleazar his son they have sanctified to keep the ark of Jehovah.

בַּגִּבְעָ֑ה (בַּ) ba. “on the”