¹⁴ And a man came to Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses were taking their food by their side:

¹⁷ And the man said, Israel went in flight from the Philistines, and there has been great destruction among the people, and your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been taken.

¹³ And one came to David and said, The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom.

³¹ One man, running, will give word to another, and one who goes with news will be handing it on to another, to give word to the king of Babylon that his town has been taken from every quarter: