God be praised, the voice is stilled.
[Joab reenters with troubled mien]
Who was talking?
Joab
[Trembling] I know not, Lord, I did not find him. As I neared the marketplace, the noise of singing came to me louder, rising as it were from the depths of the earth. I followed the direction of the sound. There was no one singing in the marketplace. The utterance had a hollow ring, as if it came from a well or from a pit. Now I could hear the words, and they were terrible. Thrice did I strike the ground with the haft of my spear. Then was the Gehenna silent.
Zedekiah
What were the words?
Joab
[Shuddering] I dare not repeat them.
Zedekiah