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1 Kings 1:41

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Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they had finished eating. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, “Why is this noise of the city being in an uproar?”

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1 Kings 1:41 in other translations

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?

1 Kings 1:41 · American Standard Version

1 Kings 1:41 in context

  1. 39Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the Tent, and anointed Solomon. They blew the trumpet; and all the people said, “Long live king Solomon!”
  2. 40All the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth shook with their sound.
  3. 41Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they had finished eating. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, “Why is this noise of the city being in an uproar?”
  4. 42While he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said, “Come in; for you are a worthy man, and bring good news.”
  5. 43Jonathan answered Adonijah, “Most certainly our lord king David has made Solomon king.