1 Kings 1:40 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

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. The people piped with pipes - They danced, sang, and played on what instruments of music they possessed.

The earth rent - We use a similar expression in precisely the same sense: They rent the air with their cries.

1 Kings 1:40

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