¹¹ With praise and thanksgiving they sang to the Lord:

And all the people gave a great shout^(B) of praise to the Lord, because the foundation^(C) of the house of the Lord was laid. ¹² But many of the older priests and Levites and family heads, who had seen the former temple,^(D) wept^(E) aloud when they saw the foundation of this temple being laid, while many others shouted for joy. ¹³ No one could distinguish the sound of the shouts of joy^(F) from the sound of weeping, because the people made so much noise. And the sound was heard far away.