"And Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, 'What does this uproar in the city mean?'" — The *sound* (*ha-qol*) of the trumpet and the people's rejoicing reaches Adonijah's feast at En-rogel—a geographical separation that makes the noise shocking. Adonijah and his guests are still eating (*va-yishmeu otho ... kechalotam*), their ceremony now interrupted by the news of rival coronation. Joab's question—*mah qol ha-'ir ragesh* (what does the uproar/noise of the city mean?)—reveals even the military commander is uncertain and alarmed. The *qol* (voice/sound) that constituted Solomon king now becomes a sign of chaos and challenge to the En-rogel gathering. The verb *ragesh* (tumult, uproar) suggests not organized noise but confused alarm.

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