1:41 Now Adonijah and all his guests heard the commotion just as they had finished eating. 2 When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he asked, “Why is there such a noisy commotion in the city?” 3
1 tn Heb “and all the people went up after him, and the people were playing flutes and rejoicing with great joy and the ground split open at the sound of them.” The verb בָּקַע (baqa’, “to split open”), which elsewhere describes the effects of an earthquake, is obviously here an exaggeration for the sake of emphasis.
2 tn Heb “And Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard, now they had finished eating.”
3 tn Heb “Why is the city’s sound noisy?”