Introduction

Argument Map(s)

LXX: ἰδοὺ ἠκούσαμεν αὐτὴν ἐν Εφραθα, εὕρομεν αὐτὴν ἐν τοῖς πεδίοις τοῦ δρυμοῦ [plains of the forest]·
Tg: הָא שְׁמַעְנָא יָתָהּ בְּאֶפְרָת אַשְׁכַּחְנוּהָא בַּחֲקַל חוּרְשֵׁי לִבְנָן אֲתַר דְצַלִיאוּ אֲבָהָת עַלְמָא (Behold, we have heard it in Ephrat, we have found it in the field of the forests of Lebanon, the place where the fathers of old prayed [Cook])
Hier: Secce audivimus eam in Efrata invenimus eam in campis silvae

KJV: Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: We found it in the fields of the wood.
NASB: Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah, We found it in the field of Jaar.
NIV: We heard it in Ephrathah, we came upon it in the fields of Jaar
NLT: We heard that the Ark was in Ephrathah; then we found it in the distant countryside of Jaar.
NCV: We heard about the Ark in Bethlehem. We found it at Kiriath Jearim.

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