The Pulpit Commentary — 1 Kings — Section 18

him [same expression as ver. 36. The pro• Solomon's party] &nd AdoDJjah aa.ld unto cession, the sound of the trumpets, &c., had him [Heb. a.nd LXX. omit" unto him"] Comb collected a large crowd, whioh followed 1n [Heh. come. See on var. 22. " Come Solomon on his return], &nd the people in" suggests the idea of n house or tent, piped [Heb. were piping] with pipes [pipes whereas the feast we.s al fresco]; ror thou or flutes were used on occasions of rejoicing art a. va.ll&nt ma.n [it is Adonija.h (not (Isa. v. 12; ux. 29. Cf. 1 Sa.m. x. 5), a.nd Joe.b, e.s Bahr-of course by au oversight- also of mourning (Jer. xlviii. 36; Ma.tt. ix. sa.ys) who speaks thus. Perhe.ps "a.hie," 23). It is tme tha.t a. vexy sl.ight change "honest," or "worthy me.n" (cf. ver. 62; (tl'~'I"!~ e•~~i,'? instead of ti•~~q~ ti•~~'1~) same word in Heb.; also Prov. xii. 4) would will give the meaning, " dancing with be nearer the mark. " Valie.nt " is clearly dances," which Ewa.Id prefers, on the ontof pla.ce] and bringest good tidings. [A grou.nd that " all the people" could not similar expression 2 Se.m. xvili. 27. It wa.s ha.ve produced their pipes a.t a. moment's evidently e. familiar saying. The idea, "a notice. But the objection loses its force good man will bring good news " corresponds when it is observed (Rawlinson) tha.t the with that of the proverb of 1 Sam. xxiv.13, text implies that only s= of the people Adonije.h's misgivings reveal themselves in piped. "All the people came up . . . aud these words. He fears the worst, but strives the people," &c. Besides, even if it were to put on a cheerful face and to encourage not so, some a.llowe.nce is surely to be made his guests.] for Eastern hyperbole. And the received Ver. 43.-And Jona.than answered and text is to be preferred on other grounds. sa.ld to AdoDJjah, Verlly [Ra.ther, "na.y The LXX., however, ha.s •xoprno11 iv xooo,!:] , but," "on the contrary" (immo vero). See and rejoiced with great Joy [Heb. "were Gen. xvii. 19, Heh., "Nay, but Se.ra.h thy rejoicing a grea.t joy"], &nd the earth rent wife," &c., and Gesen., These.urns, sub voce [this is certa.i.n.ly e. str&ngly hyperbolical ',~~- This particle has not "always an ob- expression. For V~f strictly means to jectingforce" (Rawlinson)-see Gen. xlii.21, clea.ve a.sunder, tear open (see, e.g., Num. and especia.lly 2 Sam. xiv. 5; 2 Kings iv. 14 xvi. 31; Amos i. 13; 2 Chron. xxv. 12). -but only in the later Hebrew, e.g., 2 And Thenius suggests a slight emendation Chron. xix. 3; xxxiii. 17] our Lord k1Dg of the text, viz., lli2l;lf-11 (i.e., "resounded") David hath made Solomon king. Ver. 44.-And the king hath sent with for Vi?~l:11 which would obviate this dHli- Za.dok the priest, a.nd Na.than the prophet, culty. He points out tha.t while the LXX. and Benaiah the son of Jehol.&da, and the Cod. Vat. has ippay11, some versions have Cherethltes, a.nd the Pelethltes [see on ver. fix71cnv, and the Vulg. insonuit. But per- 38] , a.nd they ha.ve ca11Bed him to ride upon haps it is safer to keep to the l,ectio ardua] the king's mule. with the soUlld of them rHeb. " with their Ver. 45.-And Zadok the priest a.nd voices "J. Nathan the prophet ha.ve anointed him Ver. 41.-And AdoDJjah and all the king 1n Gihon : &nd they are come up from guests that were with him heard it [it is thence rejoicing, so that the city [ii~)~ probable they "were listening with some same word as in ver. 41. Elsewhere almost anxiety to liear if anything would occur." exclusively found in poetry] rang again Rawlinson] a.s they had ma.de an end [Heb. [rather, "is in commotion." Same expres- "and they had finished"] of ea.t1D.g, And when sion in ver. 41 and Ruth i. 19, where it is Joa.b heard the soUlld or the trumpet [the translaied, 11 the city was moved"] . Th1a origina.l alm0st implies that Joab's practised is the noise [Heb. voice] that ye ha.ve heard. ear was the first to catch the note of the Ver. 46.-And also [the same two words tmmpet. He seems to have been the first are found at the beginning of vers. 47, 48. to suspect its significance], he said, Where- They accord well with the breathless and fore is this noise of the city being 1n an excited state of the speaker, and suggest uproa.r? [More exactly, "in commotion." how each successive detail told on the i101i1, an onoma.topoetic word, like our hearers] Solomon sitteth [rather, "sate, took E;glish II hum." We speak of the " hum hie seat," ,.:a0ure (LXX.) aorist. Seever. 35] of the city,"" the buzz of business," &c.] on the throne of the kingdom [rather, "the Ver. 42.-And while he yet epake, be- royal throne.'' So Geeen. All David's hold, Jona.than the son of Ablathar the directions were now fulfilledJ . priest LCf. 2 Se.m.. xv. 36; xvii. 17. His Ver. 47.-And moreover [Cl" as before] experience had mai:ked him out for the post the king's servants [see on ver. 33] ea.me of watchmanJ ea.me [That he had no\ to bleBB our lord king Da.vld [Jonathan arrived before shows how prompt, a.nd even here refers in a.11 probability to the words hurried, had been the measures ta.keD by of l3ena.ia.h, vers. 86, 37, He does not know 011, I, 1-68.] THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS. 11