(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
(for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom);
WEB
Joab and all Israel had stayed there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom.
YLT
for six months did Joab abide there, and all Israel, till the cutting off of every male in Edom--
DBT
(for Joab abode there six months with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom),
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament1 Kings — From Solomon's glory to the divided kingdom — then Elijah's confrontation with Ahab and Jezebel dominating the second half. The promise of the Davidic covenant unfolding through temple glory, then beginning to unravel as idolatry and political fragmentation take hold.
- Author
- Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (Bava Batra 15a). The book draws on court annals and prophetic records cited by name.
- Date
- Events c. 970–852 BC; compilation during the late Judahite monarchy or exile