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1 Kings 1:40

And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.

KJV

Et ascendit universa multitudo post eum, et populus canentium tibiis, et lætantium gaudio magno : et insonuit terra a clamore eorum.

Vulgate

καὶ ἀνέβη πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐχόρευον ἐν χοροῖς καὶ εὐφραινόμενοι εὐφροσύνην μεγάλην· καὶ ἐρράγη ἡ γῆ ἐν τῇ φωνῇ αὐτῶν.

LXX

And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.

ASV

וַ/יַּעֲל֤וּ כָל הָ/עָם֙ אַֽחֲרָ֔י/ו וְ/הָ/עָם֙ מְחַלְּלִ֣ים בַּ/חֲלִלִ֔ים וּ/שְׂמֵחִ֖ים שִׂמְחָ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֑ה וַ/תִּבָּקַ֥ע הָ/אָ֖רֶץ בְּ/קוֹלָֽ/ם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
גָּד֖וֹל
gdvl
verb · 528×
ו
v
noun · 717×
וֹ
v
verb · 143×
חֲלִלִ֔ים
chllym
noun · 6×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ק֣וֹל
qvl
noun · 503×
שְׂמֵחִֽים
shmchym
verb · 20×
שִׂמְחָֽה
shmchh
noun · 93×
תִּבָּקַ֥ע
tbq'
verb · 51×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 1:45 — And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
  • Eccl 4:16 — There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
  • Ezra 3:13 — So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.