³⁸ Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father!” Then Esau wept aloud.^(A)

⁴ When the angel of the Lord had spoken these things to all the Israelites, the people wept aloud,^(A)

²³ The Israelites went up and wept before the Lord^(A) until evening,^(B) and they inquired of the Lord.^(C) They said, “Shall we go up again to fight^(D) against the Benjamites, our fellow Israelites?”

The Lord answered, “Go up against them.”

²⁶ Then all the Israelites, the whole army, went up to Bethel, and there they sat weeping before the Lord.^(A) They fasted^(B) that day until evening and presented burnt offerings^(C) and fellowship offerings^(D) to the Lord.^(E)

² The people went to Bethel,^[a] where they sat before God until evening, raising their voices and weeping bitterly.

⁴ So David and his men wept^(A) aloud until they had no strength left to weep.