1 Samuel 4:7-9

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁷ the Philistines were afraid; for they said, ‘Gods have^[a] come into the camp.’ They also said, ‘Woe to us! For nothing like this has happened before. ⁸ Woe to us! Who can deliver us from the power of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with every sort of plague in the wilderness. ⁹ Take courage, and be men, O Philistines, in order not to become slaves to the Hebrews as they have been to you; be men and fight.’