1 Raja-raja 1:40
Konteks1:40 All the people followed him up, playing flutes and celebrating so loudly they made the ground shake. 1
1 Raja-raja 1:1
KonteksAdonijah 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 Samuel 4:5
Konteks4:5 When the ark of the covenant of the Lord arrived at the camp, all Israel shouted so loudly 4 that the ground shook.
Ezra 3:13
Konteks3:13 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 5 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).