⁴⁵ and Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon. From there they have gone up cheering, and the city resounds^(A) with it. That’s the noise you hear.

⁴⁰ And all the people went up after him, playing pipes^(A) and rejoicing greatly, so that the ground shook with the sound.

²⁶ “Here is what these words mean:

¹³ No one could distinguish the sound of the shouts of joy^(A) from the sound of weeping, because the people made so much noise. And the sound was heard far away.

⁶ So when Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps at the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why this pretense?^(A) I have been sent to you with bad news.

¹⁴ “What does he look like?” he asked.

“An old man wearing a robe^(A) is coming up,” she said.

Then Saul knew it was Samuel, and he bowed down and prostrated himself with his face to the ground.

⁵ When the ark of the Lord’s covenant came into the camp, all Israel raised such a great shout^(A) that the ground shook.