1 Kings 11:16
in 1 Kings 11Joab and all Israel had stayed there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
(for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom);
KJV
(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)
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This verse in 1 Kings 11
Commentary
8 notes on this verseFor six months did Joab remain with all Israel,.... With the whole army: until he had cut off every male in Edom; as he supposed; for it was not fact, since after this they increased again, and became a powerful people, and had a king over them, and revolted from Judah, 2Ki 8:20.
This site's exposition
Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom
on 1 Kings 11:14-22
Hadad the Edomite is the first adversary the LORD raises against Solomon, a royal child who fled when Joab struck down “every male in Edom”. He grows up in Egypt. So the Egypt whose daughter Solomon married for peace shelters the man his father's war created.
This site's exposition
until he had killed every male in Edom
Albert Barnes limits every male to every male Joab could find. Others escaped as Hadad did. John Gill notes that Edom grew strong again and set up its own king in revolt against Judah at 2 Kings 8:20.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Though they themselves were moved by principles of ambition or revenge, God made use of them to serve his design of correcting Solomon. The principal judgment threatened was deferred, namely, the rending of the kingdom from him, but he himself was made to fee the smart of the rod, for his greater humiliation.
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,
Those that are too free in giving provocation ought to consider that perhaps it may be remembered in time to come and returned with interest to theirs after them; having so few friends in this world, it is our wisdom not to make ourselves more enemies than we needs must. Hadad, an Edomite, was an adversary to Solomon.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Every male in Edom - i. e., every male whom he could find. As did Hadad and his company 1Ki 11:17, so others would escape in various directions. The Edomite nation was not destroyed on the occasion.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
Dovid was in Edom. Then Hadad fled from Dovid and Yoav. 4 Below v.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| שֵׁ֧שֶׁת | sheshet | six | H8337 → | 216 times |
| חֳדָשִׁ֛ים | chodashim | months | H2320 → | 284 times |
| יָֽשַׁב־ | yashav- | he remained | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| שָׁ֥ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| יוֹאָ֖ב | yoav | Joab | H3097 → | 144 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הִכְרִ֥ית | hikhrit | he had cut off | H3772 → | 288 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| זָכָ֖ר | zakhar | male | H2145 → | |
| בֶּאֱדֽוֹם׃ | beedom | in Edom | H123 → | 99 times |
כִּ֣יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
שֵׁ֧שֶׁתsix
sheshetH8337 →216 times
חֳדָשִׁ֛יםmonths
chodashimH2320 →284 times
יָֽשַׁב־he remained
yashav-H3427 →1079 times
שָׁ֥םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
יוֹאָ֖בJoab
yoavH3097 →144 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
הִכְרִ֥יתhe had cut off
hikhritH3772 →288 times
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
זָכָ֖רmale
zakharH2145 →
בֶּאֱדֽוֹם׃in Edom
beedomH123 →99 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); F. W. Farrar, The First Book of Kings (Expositor's Bible); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.