¹⁷ Then the one who brought the news answered and said, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has also been a great slaughter among the people, and your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are 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 put to death that day eighty-five men ^(B)who wore the linen ephod.