'Elders of Israel' in the Bible

And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Why has the LORD defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it comes among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.

Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,