⁶ Then Joshua ^(A)tore his clothes and fell to the ground on his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, both he and the elders of Israel; and ^(B)they put dust on their heads.

² And on the third day, behold, ^(A)a man came from ^[a]Saul’s camp ^(B)with his clothes torn and ^[b]dust on his head. And it happened when he came to David, ^(C)he fell to the ground and prostrated himself.

³² It happened as David was coming to the summit, where God was worshiped, that behold, Hushai the ^(A)Archite met him with his ^[a]coat torn, and ^[b]dust on his head.

The People Confess Their Sin

9 Now on the twenty-fourth day of ^(A)this month the sons of Israel assembled ^(B)with fasting, in sackcloth and with ^(C)dirt upon them.

¹² When they ^[a]looked from a distance and did not recognize him, they raised their voices and wept. And each of them ^(A)tore his robe, and they ^(B)threw dust over their heads toward the sky.