"'And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon; and they have come up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise that you have heard.'" — Jonathan explains the sound Joab heard: *va-ya-meshu otho melekh be-Gichon, va-ya'alu mizshom... ve-ha-'ir ragesh* (they anointed him king at Gihon, they have come up from there... the city is in an uproar). The *anointing* is complete; the ritual has been performed. The verb *samah* (rejoiced) applies to the procession—the people celebratory and vociferous. The phrase *ve-ha-'ir ragesh* (the city is in an uproar) repeats from verse 41, now explained: it is the sound of Solomon's coronation procession ascending from Gihon to Jerusalem. Adonijah's question ("What does this uproar mean?") is now answered: it means his throne has been usurped.

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