Then they all followed him back, shouting for joy and playing flutes, making enough noise to shake the ground.

When the Covenant Box arrived, the Israelites gave such a loud shout of joy that the earth shook.

No one could distinguish between the joyful shouts and the crying, because the noise they made was so loud that it could be heard for miles.

But when Ahijah heard her coming in the door, he said, "Come in. I know you are Jeroboam's wife. Why are you pretending to be someone else? I have bad news for you.

"What does it look like?" he asked. "It's an old man coming up," she answered. "He is wearing a cloak." Then Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed to the ground in respect.

And this is what it means: number, God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end;

divisions, your kingdom is divided up and given to the Medes and Persians."