¹² But many of the older priests and Levites and family heads, who had seen the former temple,^(A) wept^(B) aloud when they saw the foundation of this temple being laid, while many others shouted for joy. ¹³ No one could distinguish the sound of the shouts of joy^(C) from the sound of weeping, because the people made so much noise. And the sound was heard far away.