they sat.

Ezra 9:3
When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down in horror.

Nehemiah 1:4
When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

Isaiah 3:26
And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.

Isaiah 47:1
Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of Chaldea! For you will no longer be called tender and delicate.

seven days.

Genesis 1:5, 8
God called the light "day, " and the darkness He called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning--the first day. . . .

Genesis 50:10
When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.

none spake.

Job 4:2
"If one ventures a word with you, will you be wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking?

Psalm 77:4
You have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak.