²⁶ Then all the children of Israel, that is, all the people, ^(A)went up and came to ^[a]the house of God and wept. They sat there before the Lord and fasted that day until evening; and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.

²⁷ So the children of Israel inquired of the Lord (^(A)the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,