1 Samuel 4:17

4:17 The messenger replied, “Israel has fled from ¹  the Philistines! The army has suffered a great defeat! Your two sons, Hophni and Phineas, are dead! The ark of God has been captured!”

1 Samuel 5:11

5:11 So they assembled ²  all the leaders of the Philistines and said, “Get the ark of the God of Israel out of here! Let it go back to its own place so that it won’t kill us ³  and our ⁴  people!” The terror ⁵  of death was throughout the entire city; God was attacking them very severely there. ⁶ 

[4:17]  ¹ tn Heb “before.”

[5:11]  ² tn Heb “and they sent and gathered.”

[5:11]  ³ tn Heb “me.”

[5:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “my.”

[5:11]  ⁵ tn Or “panic.”

[5:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “the hand of God was very heavy there.”