1 Samuel 4:5-7

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁵ When the ark of the covenant of the Lord entered the camp, all the Israelites raised such a loud shout that the ground shook.^(A)

⁶ The Philistines heard the sound of the war cry and asked, “What’s this loud shout in the Hebrews’ camp?” When the Philistines discovered that the ark of the Lord had entered the camp, ⁷ they panicked. “The gods have entered their camp!” they said. “Woe to us, nothing like this has happened before.^[a]