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1 Kings 1:41

in 1 Kings 1

Now Adonijah and all his guests were finishing their feast when they heard the sound of the ram’s horn. “Why is the city in such a loud uproar?” asked Joab.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?

KJV

And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?

This verse in 1 Kings 1

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

rejoiced with great joy

on 1 Kings 1:40-41

The people follow Solomon up from Gihon with pipes and such joy that the ground seems to split with the noise, a coronation the size of a nation rather than a faction's feast. Adonijah's guests hear it from En-rogel, close enough to Gihon that Joab recognizes a trumpet the moment it sounds and asks why the city is in an uproar. The two feasts sit near enough that one crowd's celebration reaches the other crowd's ears before any messenger arrives.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

), and a dreadful sound it was in their ears, Job xv. Joab was an old man, and was alarmed at it, apprehending the city to be in an uproar; but Adonijah was very confident that the messenger, being a worthy man, brought good tidings,

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

The arrival of a trusty messenger, who gave a full detail of the coronation ceremony [1Ki 1:43-48], spread dismay in their camp. The wicked and ambitious plot they had assembled to execute was dissipated, and every one of the conspirators consulted his safety by flight. ADONIJAH, FLEEING TO THE HORNS OF THE ALTAR, IS DISMISSED BY SOLOMON.

The words behind it

19 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיִּשְׁמַ֣עand he heard

    vaiyishma'H80851159 times

  • אֲדֹנִיָּ֗הוּAdonijah

    ʾadoniyahuH13826 times

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH36055413 times

  • הַקְּרֻאִים֙those [who] were invited

    hakeruimH7121733 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwho

    ʾasherH8345497 times

  • אִתּ֔וֹ[were] with him

    ʾitoH854929 times

  • וְהֵ֖םand they

    vehemH1992553 times

  • כִּלּ֣וּthey had finished

    kiluH3615208 times

  • לֶאֱכֹ֑לto eat

    leekholH398810 times

  • וַיִּשְׁמַ֤עand he heard

    vaiyishma'H80851159 times

  • יוֹאָב֙Joab

    yoavH3097144 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • ק֣וֹל[the] sound of

    kolH6963506 times

  • הַשּׁוֹפָ֔רthe ram's horn

    hashofarH778272 times

  • וַיֹּ֕אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH5595305 times

  • מַדּ֥וּעַwhy?

    madua'H406972 times

  • קֽוֹל־[is] [the] sound of

    kol-H6963506 times

  • הַקִּרְיָ֖הthe town

    hakiryahH7151

  • הוֹמָֽה׃in an uproar

    homahH1993

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Matthew 21:15

    But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”

    it leads to

    • Matthew 21:9

      The crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed were shouting: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!”

    • Luke 19:39–40

      But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples!”

    • Matthew 21:23

      When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And…

  • Through

    Acts 21:31

    While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.

    it leads to

    • 2 Corinthians 11:23–33

      Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of…

    • Acts 26:9–10

      So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

    • Acts 17:5

      The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas,…

    • Acts 24:22

      Then Felix, who was well informed about the Way, adjourned the hearing and said, “When Lysias the commander comes, I will decide your case.”

    • Acts 24:6

      and he even tried to desecrate the temple; so we seized him.

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About 1 Kings

The Judgment of Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Judgment of Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on F. W. Farrar, The First Book of Kings (Expositor's Bible); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.