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1 Kings 11:16 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 11 · verse 16
(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)1 Kings 11:16 · King James Version
1 Kings 11:16 in context
14And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king’s seed in Edom.
15For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom;
16(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)
17That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.
18And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- monthschôdeshthe new moonH2320 →
- remainyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- JoabYôwʼâbJoab, the name of three IsraelitesH3097 →
- malezâkârproperly, rememberedH2145 →
- sixshêshsixH8337 →
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While Solomon kept closely to God and to his duty there was no adversary nor evil occurrent (Kg1 5:4), nothing to create him any disturbance or uneasiness in the least;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-25