1 Samuel 14:36,37

Let us go down after the Philistines by night Having thus refreshed themselves in the evening, Saul proposes to them to renew the pursuit, hoping to cut off the whole army of the Philistines when they were asleep in the night. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God To the ark, in order to inquire of God. It is probable he stood before the altar, and wished to remind them that it was dangerous to undertake any thing without God's direction. He answered him not that day Though the priest, it seems, often asked an answer, yet he received none.