¹⁰ And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

¹⁰ So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.