1 Kings 1:40

1:40 All the people followed him up, playing flutes and celebrating so loudly they made the ground shake. ¹ 

1 Kings 1:1

Adonijah Tries to Seize the Throne

1:1 King David was very old; ²  even when they covered him with blankets, ³  he could not get warm.

1 Kings 4:5

4:5 Azariah son of Nathan was supervisor of ⁴  the district governors.

Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to ⁵  the king.

Ezra 3:13

3:13 People were unable to tell the difference between the sound of joyous shouting and the sound of the people’s weeping, for the people were shouting so loudly ⁶  that the sound was heard a long way off.

[1:40]  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.

[1:1]  ² tn Heb “was old, coming into the days” (i.e., advancing in years).

[1:1]  ³ tn Or “garments.”

[4:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “was over.”

[4:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “close associate of”; KJV, ASV, NASB “the king’s friend” (a title for an adviser, not just an acquaintance).

[3:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “a great shout.”