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1 Kings 1:40

All the people followed him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth was split by the sound.

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ASV

And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.

KJV

And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.

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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיַּעֲל֤וּvai.ya.'a.Luand they went upH5927 →
כָל־khol-allH3605 →
הָעָם֙ha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
אַֽחֲרָ֔יו'a.cha.Ravafter himH310 →
וְהָעָם֙ve.ha.'Amand the peopleH5971 →
מְחַלְּלִ֣יםme.cha.le.Lim[were] playing [the] fluteH2490 →
בַּחֲלִלִ֔יםba.cha.li.Limwith flutesH2485 →
וּשְׂמֵחִ֖יםu.se.me.Chimand joyfulH8056 →
שִׂמְחָ֣הsim.ChahjoyH8057 →
גְדוֹלָ֑הge.do.LahgreatH1419 →
וַתִּבָּקַ֥עva.ti.ba.Ka'and it was split openH1234 →
הָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzthe earthH776 →
בְּקוֹלָֽם׃be.ko.Lamby noise theirH6963 →

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1 Kings 1:45Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there with rejoicing that rings out in the city. That is the noise you hear.Ecclesiastes 4:16There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.Ezra 3:13The people could not distinguish the shouts of joy from the sound of weeping, because the people were making so much noise. And the sound was heard from afar.2 Kings 11:20and all the people of the land rejoiced. And the city was quiet, because Athaliah had been put to the sword at the royal palace.Psalms 97:1The LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice; let the distant shores be glad.Zechariah 9:9Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.2 Kings 11:14And she looked out and saw the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason! Treason!”1 Chronicles 12:38–40All these men of war, arrayed for battle, came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. And all the rest of the Israelites were of one mind to make David king.1 Samuel 11:15So all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.Luke 19:37And as He approached the descent from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of disciples began to praise God joyfully in a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:Revelation 11:15–18Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”Daniel 3:5As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.1 Chronicles 12:40And their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen—abundant supplies of flour, fig cakes and raisin cakes, wine and oil, oxen and sheep. Indeed, there was joy in Israel.Matthew 11:17‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’

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