KJV(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)
(for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom);
Joab and all Israel had stayed there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom.
for six months did Joab abide there, and all Israel, till the cutting off of every male in Edom--
(for Joab abode there six months with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom),
1 Kings — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
F I R S T K I N G S CHAP. XI. This chapter begins with as melancholy a "but" as almost any we find in all the Bible. Hitherto we have read nothing of Solomon but what was great and good; but the lustre both of his goodness and…