1 Kings 1:41

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?

As they

Luke 17:26

Wherefore

Exodus 32:17

Job 15:21

Psalm 73:18

The city

Matthew 21:9

Acts 21:31

Bible References

As they

That the triumphing of the wicked is short,
And the joy of the godless is only for a moment?

Even in laughter the heart may be in pain,
And the end of joy may be grief.

The heart of the wise [learns when it] is in the house of mourning,
But the heart of fools is [senseless] in the house of pleasure.

For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the [very] day when Noah entered the ark,

And just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the time of [the second coming of] the Son of Man:

Wherefore

Now when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, “There is a sound of battle in the camp.”

“A [dreadful] sound of terrors is in his ears;
While at peace and in a time of prosperity the destroyer comes upon him [the tent of the robber is not at peace].

Surely You set the wicked-minded and immoral on slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction.

The city

The crowds that went ahead of Him, and those that followed Him, were shouting [in praise and adoration],

“Hosanna to the Son of David (Messiah);
Blessed [praised, glorified] is He who comes in the name of the Lord;
Hosanna in the highest [heaven]!”

Now while they were trying to kill him, word came to the commander of the [Roman] garrison that all Jerusalem was in a state of upheaval.