1 Kings 1:40

And all the people came up after him, the people themselves also, playing with flutes, and rejoicing with great joy,—so that the earth rent with the sound of them.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

39Then took Zadok the priest, the horn of oil out of the Tent, and anointed Solomon,—and they blew with a [ram’s] horn, and all the people said, Long live King Solomon!

41And Adonijah, and all the guests who were with him, heard it, just as, they, had made an end of eating,—and, when Joab heard the sound of a horn, he said—Wherefore the noise of the city, in tumult?

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Cross References

1 Samuel 4:5And so it was, when the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came into the camp, that all Israel brake out into a loud shout of joy,—so that the earth rang again.

2 Kings 11:14and looked, and lo! the king, standing by the pillar, as the custom was, and the captains and the trumpeters, by the king, and, all the people of the land, rejoicing, and blowing with trumpets,—so Athaliah rent her garments, and cried out—Conspiracy! conspiracy!

1 Chronicles 12:38All these, being men of war, expert in setting in battle-array, with a perfect heart, came to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel,—moreover also, all the rest of Israel, were of one heart to make David king.

Daniel 3:5At what time ye shall hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, the lyre, the harp, the psaltery, the bagpipes, and all kinds of instruments of music, ye shall fall down and adore the image of gold, which Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up;

Luke 19:37And, when he was drawing near, already, unto the descent of the Mount of Olives, one-and-all the throng of the disciples began joyfully to be praising God with a loud voice, concerning all the mighty works which they had seen;

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 1:33-41

Solomon Declared Successor. ( b. c. 1015.) 32 And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king. 33 The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon: 34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon. 35 Then ye shall come up after… Read the whole commentary →

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