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.
Parallel translations
- WEB 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?”
- 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?
- NKJV Now Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the horn, he said, “Why is the city in such a noisy uproar?”
- NASB Now Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard this as they finished eating. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, “Why is the city making such an uproar?”
- NLT Adonijah and his guests heard the celebrating and shouting just as they were finishing their banquet. When Joab heard the sound of the ram’s horn, he asked, “What’s going on? Why is the city in such an uproar?”
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Quick answer
Adonijah and his guests hear the uproar as their feast ends, and Joab questions the noise. Their rival celebration is interrupted by signs of Solomon's coronation.
Overview
As Adonijah's banquet concludes, the sound of the city's rejoicing reaches them, alarming the experienced soldier Joab. The contrast between the two gatherings becomes sharp: one God-sanctioned, the other self-appointed. The verse signals that Adonijah's bid is unraveling.
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- Exod 32:17When Joshua heard the sound of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “The sound of war is in the camp.”
- Prov 14:13Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.
- Eccl 7:4–6The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.
- Job 20:5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
- Job 15:21–22Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
- Luke 17:26–29Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:
- Acts 21:31While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.
- Ps 73:18–20Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
- Matt 21:9–11The 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!”
- Matt 21:15But 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!”
- Matt 24:38–39For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.
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