De sendte bud og samlet alle filisternes fyrster og sa: Send bort Guds ark for Israel, og la den vende tilbake til sitt sted, så den ikke dreper oss og vårt folk. For en dødbringende forvirring hadde omfavnet hele byen; Guds hånd var svært tung der.
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.