Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 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.
And Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, have anointed him king in Gihon,…. Or at Gihon; that is, Siloah, according to the Targum; here the act of anointing is ascribed to them both, as in 1Ki 1:34; Zadok very probably applied the oil to him, and Nathan might be some way or other assisting in it; however he was here present, not only as approving of it, but declaring it as a prophet, that it was according to the will of God, as well as of the king:
and they are come up from thence rejoicing; with a multitude of people along with them:
so that the city rang again; with the blowing of trumpets, the sound of pipings, and the shouts of the people:
this [is] the noise which ye have heard; which had so alarmed them.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
1Ki 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.
Ver. 45. This is the noise that ye have heard. ] A doleful knell to those who had feasted and boasted themselves in a jocund security and promise of success. “A dreadful sound is in their ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon them. Trouble and anguish maketh them afraid, whilst they prevail against them as a king ready to the battle.” Job 15:21 ; Job 15:24
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Gihon: This was a fountain on the west of Jerusalem – consequently in an opposite direction to En-rogel on the east, where Adonijah was proclaimed king of which there were two pools, an upper and a lower – 2Ch 32:30. There is a large square cistern in the ravine west of the city, mentioned by Dr. Richardson as a little to the south of the Jaffa gate, which Dr. Pococke describes as a basin about 250 paces long and 100 broad. It is commonly called the pool of Bathsheba, but seems to be the lower pool of Gihon. “Nearly a mile to the nnw is the pool of Gihon, which I suppose to be the upper pool. It is a very large basin, and, if I mistake not, is cut down about ten feet into the rock, there being a way down to it by steps. It was almost dry at that time, and seems designed to receive the rain waters which come from the hills about it. There is a canal from the pool to the city, which is uncovered part of the way, and, it is said, goes to the pool in the streets near the holy sepulchre. The fountain of Gihon arose either in the upper pool, or out of the high ground above it.” – Travels, book i. chapter 6.
the city: 1Ki 1:40, 1Sa 4:5, Ezr 3:13
This is: 1Ki 14:6, 1Sa 28:14, Dan 5:26-28
Reciprocal: 1Sa 2:35 – I will raise 1Ki 1:33 – Gihon 2Ch 33:14 – Gihon