1 Kings 11:15 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 11:15

Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab the commander of the army had gone to bury the dead and had struck down every male in Edom.

BSB

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ASV

For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, and had smitten every male in Edom

KJV

For 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;

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Commentary

5 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The verse gives certain additional particulars of David’s conquest of Edom (marginal references). Joab was left, or sent, to complete the subjugation of the country, with orders to exterminate all the grown male inhabitants. It was not very often that David acted with any extreme severity in his wars; but he may have considered himself justified by policy, as he certainly was by the letter of the Law Deu 20:13, in adopting this fierce course against Edom. Was in Edom - Or, according to another reading, “smote” Edom. The slain - Probably the Israelites who had fallen in the strnggle.

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The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

And this gave Hadad the opportunity of making his escape, whilst Joab and his men were employed in that solemnity. Had smitten - Or, and he smote, as it is in the Hebrew: which is here noted as the cause of Hadad's flight; he understood what Joab had done in part, and intended farther to do, even to kill all the males and therefore fled for his life.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

From this general slaughter, while Joab was burying the slain (for he left not any alive of their own people to bury them, and buried they must be, or they would be an annoyance to the country, Ezek. xxxix. 12 ), Hadad, a branch of the royal family, then a little child, was taken and preserved by some of the king's servants, and conveyed to Egypt,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Then, having acquired great power, he at length became king in Damascus, threw off the yoke, and was "the adversary of Israel all the days of Solomon." He was succeeded by Hadad, whose successors took the official title of Ben-hadad from him, the illustrious founder of the powerful kingdom of Damascene-Syria.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִ֗י	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
בִּֽהְי֤וֹת	bih.Yot	when was	H1961 →
דָּוִד֙	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אֱד֔וֹם	'e.Dom	Edom	H123 →
בַּעֲל֗וֹת	ba.'a.Lot	when went up	H5927 →
יוֹאָב֙	yo.'Av	Joab	H3097 →
שַׂ֣ר	sar	[the] commander of	H8269 →
הַצָּבָ֔א	ha.tza.Va'	the army	H6635 →
לְקַבֵּ֖ר	le.ka.Ber	to bury	H6912 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַחֲלָלִ֑ים	ha.cha.la.Lim	the [ones] slain	H2491 →
וַיַּ֥ךְ	vai.Yakh	and he struck down	H5221 →
כָּל־	kol-	every	H3605 →
זָכָ֖ר	za.Khar	male	H2145 →
בֶּאֱדֽוֹם׃	be.'e.Dom	in Edom	H123 →

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Through
Psalms 108:10
Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
leads to
- Isaiah 63:1–6
  Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
Through
2 Samuel 8:14
He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
leads to
- Genesis 27:29
  May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you…
- Numbers 24:17–18
  I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and…
- 2 Samuel 8:6
  Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
- Genesis 25:23
  and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the…
Through
Deuteronomy 20:13
When the LORD your God has delivered it into your hand, you must put every male to the sword.
leads to
- Psalms 2:6–12
  “I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
Through
Numbers 31:17
So now, kill all the boys, as well as every woman who has had relations with a man,
leads to
- Deuteronomy 20:16–18
  However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.
- Judges 21:11–12
  This is what you are to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man.”

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