John Gill Commentary 1 Kings 1:40

John Gill Commentary

1 Kings 1:40

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
John Gill
John Gill

John Gill Commentary

1 Kings 1:40

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"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." — 1 Kings 1:40 (ASV)

And all the people came up after him
Following him from the fountain to the city, with their loud acclamations:

and the people piped with pipes ;
which were hollow instruments, and full of holes which they blew with their mouths, and upon with their fingers; Jarchi says they were and very probably:

and rejoiced with great joy ;
which they expressed by such loud shouts:

so that the earth rent with the sound thereof ;
an hyperbolical expression, showing the great numbers gathered together on this occasion, and the sonorous acclamations they made.