The Death of Eli
12 A man of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn and with dirt on his head.
2 And on the third day, behold, a man came from Saul’s camp, cwith his clothes torn and dirt on his head. And when he came to David, he fell to the ground and paid homage.
The People of Israel Confess Their Sin
1 Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the people of Israel were assembled with fasting and in sackcloth, and with earth on their heads.
12 And when they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him. And they raised their voices and wept, and pthey tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads toward heaven.
10 The elders of the daughter of Zion
asit on the ground in silence;
they have bthrown dust on their heads
and put on sackcloth;
the young women of Jerusalem
have bowed their heads to the ground.
30 and shout aloud over you
and cry out bitterly.
They cast dust on their heads
and ewallow in ashes;
19 And they threw dust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out,
“Alas, alas, for the great city
where all who had ships at sea
grew rich by her wealth!
For in a single hour she has been laid waste.
