Eli, who was very worried about the Covenant Box, was sitting in his seat beside the road, staring. The man spread the news throughout the town, and everyone cried out in fear.

The messengers arrived at Gibeah, where Saul lived, and when they told the news, the people started crying in despair.

He recognized it and said, "Yes, it is his! Some wild animal has killed him. My son Joseph has been torn to pieces!"

All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, "I will go down to the world of the dead still mourning for my son." So he continued to mourn for his son Joseph.

All night long the people cried out in distress.

When Moses told the Israelites what the LORD had said, they mourned bitterly.

When the angel had said this, all the people of Israel began to cry,

So now the people of Israel went to Bethel and sat there in the presence of God until evening. Loudly and bitterly they mourned:

While Ezra was bowing in prayer in front of the Temple, weeping and confessing these sins, a large group of Israelites---men, women, and children---gathered around him, weeping bitterly.