¹⁷ Then the one who brought the news replied, “Israel has fled before the Philistines and there has also been a great defeat among the people, and your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas are also dead; and the ark of God has been taken.”

¹⁸ Then the king said to Doeg, “You, turn around and ^[a]attack the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned around and ^[b]attacked the priests, and ^(A)he killed on that day eighty-five men ^(B)who wore the linen ephod.