³ Ahijah,^(A) who was wearing an ephod,^(B) was also there. He was the son of Ahitub, the brother of Ichabod^(C) son of Phinehas, son of Eli the Lord’s priest at Shiloh.^(D) But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left.

¹⁸ Saul told Ahijah, “Bring the ark of God,” for it was with the Israelites^[a] at that time. ¹⁹ While Saul spoke to the priest,^(A) the panic in the Philistine camp increased in intensity. So Saul said to the priest, “Stop what you’re doing.”^[b]