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so that the people could not hear the trumpets because of the weeping of the people. For the multitude sounded the trumpets loudly, so that the sound was heard far away;
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Some of the levitical priests and heads of ancestral houses, old men who had seen the former house, came to the building of this one with outcries and loud weeping,
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while many came with trumpets and a joyful noise,
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so that the people could not hear the trumpets because of the weeping of the people. For the multitude sounded the trumpets loudly, so that the sound was heard far away;
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and when the enemies of the tribe of Judah and Benjamin heard it, they came to find out what the sound of the trumpets meant.
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They learned that those who had returned from exile were building the temple for the Lord God of Israel.
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