1 Kings 1:41
Good News Translation
As Adonijah and all his guests were finishing the feast, they heard the noise. And when Joab heard the trumpet, he asked, "What's the meaning of all that noise in the city?"

New Revised Standard Version
Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished feasting. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, “Why is the city in an uproar?”

Contemporary English Version
Adonijah and his guests had almost finished eating when they heard the noise. Joab also heard the trumpet and asked, "What's all that noise about in the city?"

New American Bible
Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it, just as they ended their banquet. When Joab heard the sound of the ram’s horn, he asked, “Why this uproar in the city?”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Adonias, and all that were invited by him, heard it, and now the feast was at an end. Joab also, hearing the sound of the trumpet, said: What meaneth this noise of the city in an uproar?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Adonias, and all that were invited by him, heard it, and now the feast was at an end. Joab also, hearing the sound of the trumpet, said: What meaneth this noise of the city in an uproar?

as they

Job 20:5 That the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment.

Proverbs 14:13 Laughter shall be mingled with sorrow, and mourning taketh hold of the ends of joy.

Ecclesiastes 7:4-6 The heart of the wise is where there is mourning, and the heart of fools where there is mirth. . . .

Matthew 24:38,39 For, as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, even till that day in which Noe entered into the ark: . . .

Luke 17:26-29 And as it came to pass in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. . . .

Wherefore

Exodus 32:17 And Josue hearing the noise of the people shouting, said to Moses: The noise of battle is heard in the camp.

Job 15:21,22 The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason. . . .

Psalm 73:18-20 But indeed for deceits thou hast put it to them: when they were lifted up thou hast cast them down. . . .

the city

Matthew 21:9-11,15 And the multitudes that went before and that followed cried, saying: Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest. . . .

Acts 21:31 And as they went about to kill him, it was told the tribune of the band that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

Context
Adonijah Learns of Solomon's Kingship
41And Adonias, and all that were invited by him, heard it, and now the feast was at an end. Joab also, hearing the sound of the trumpet, said: What meaneth this noise of the city in an uproar?42While he yet spoke, Jonathan, the son of Abiathar, the priest, came: and Adonias said to him: Come in, because thou art a valiant man, and bringest good news.…
Cross References
1 Kings 1:40
And all the multitude went up after him, and the people played with pipes, and rejoiced with a great joy, and the earth rang with the noise of their cry.

1 Kings 1:42
While he yet spoke, Jonathan, the son of Abiathar, the priest, came: and Adonias said to him: Come in, because thou art a valiant man, and bringest good news.

1 Kings 1:40
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