1:41 Now Adonijah and all his guests heard the commotion just as they had finished eating. 1 When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he asked, “Why is there such a noisy commotion in the city?” 2 1:42 As he was still speaking, Jonathan 3 son of Abiathar the priest arrived. Adonijah said, “Come in, for 4 an important man like you must be bringing good news.” 5 1:43 Jonathan replied 6 to Adonijah: “No! 7 Our master 8 King David has made Solomon king.
1 tn Heb “And Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard, now they had finished eating.”
2 tn Heb “Why is the city’s sound noisy?”
3 tn The Hebrew text has “look” at this point. The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh), “look draws attention to Jonathan’s arrival and invites the audience to view the scene through the eyes of the participants.
4 tn Or “surely.”
5 tn Heb “you are a man of strength [or “ability”] and you bring a message [that is] good.” Another option is to understand the phrase אִישׁ חַיִל (’ish khayil) in the sense of “a worthy man,” that is “loyal.” See also 1 Kgs 1:52 and HALOT 311 s.v. חַיִל.
6 tn Heb “answered and said.”
7 tn For a similar use of אֲבָל (’aval), see Gen 17:19, where God rejects Abraham’s proposal and offers an alternative.
8 tn The plural form is used in the Hebrew text to indicate honor and authority.