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1 Kings 11:17

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But Hadad, still just a young boy, had fled to Egypt, along with some Edomites who were servants of his father.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

that Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt, Hadad being yet a little child.

KJV

That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.

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This verse in 1 Kings 11

Commentary

8 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Hadad being yet a little child - נער קטן naar katan, a little boy; one who was apprehensive of his danger, and could, with his father’s servants, make his escape: not an infant.

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

still just a young boy

The Hebrew calls Hadad a little boy, and Adam Clarke reads it as a child old enough to grasp his danger and flee. Matthew Henry notes that Pharaoh sheltered him as a prince in distress. Egypt raised the adversary Solomon would later face.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

There he was kindly sheltered and entertained by Pharaoh, as a distressed prince, as well provided for, and so recommended himself that, in process of time, he married the queen's sister (

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A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

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 Century1 voice

A commentator

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.

The words behind it

13 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיִּבְרַ֣חand he fled

    vaiyivrachH1272 →63 times

  • אֲדַ֡דHadad

    ʾadadH111 →

  • הוּא֩he

    hu'H1931 →1879 times

  • וַאֲנָשִׁ֨יםand people

    vaanashimH582 →566 times

  • אֲדֹמִיִּ֜יםEdomite

    ʾadomiyimH130 →11 times

  • מֵעַבְדֵ֥יsome of [the] servants of

    meavdeiH5650 →799 times

  • אָבִ֛יוfather his

    ʾavivH1 →1212 times

  • אִתּ֖וֹwith him

    ʾitoH854 →929 times

  • לָב֣וֹאto go

    lavo'H935 →2568 times

  • מִצְרָ֑יִםEgypt

    mitzrayimH4714 →641 times

  • וַהֲדַ֖דand Hadad

    vahadadH1908 →12 times

  • נַ֥עַר[was] a youth

    naarH5288 →239 times

  • קָטָֽן׃young

    katanH6996 →101 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Exodus 2:1–10Now a man of the house of Levi married a daughter of Levi,2 worksMatthew 2:13–14When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”2 works2 Samuel 4:4And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to escape, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.2 works2 Kings 11:2But Jehosheba daughter of King Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah, and he was not killed.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Samuel 4:4

    And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up…

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 9:3

      So the king asked, “Is there anyone left of Saul’s family to whom I can show the kindness of God?” Ziba answered, “There is still Jonathan’s son, who is lame in both feet.”

    • 2 Samuel 9:6

      And when Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he fell facedown in reverence. Then David said, “Mephibosheth!” “I am your servant,” he replied.

    • 1 Chronicles 9:40

      The son of Jonathan: Merib-baal, who was the father of Micah.

    • 1 Samuel 29:11

      So David and his men got up early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

    • 1 Samuel 31:1–10

      Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.

  • Through

    2 Kings 11:2

    But Jehosheba daughter of King Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered. She put him and…

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 11:21

      Joash was seven years old when he became king.

    • 1 Kings 6:10

      He built chambers all along the temple, each five cubits high and attached to the temple with beams of cedar.

    • Isaiah 37:35

      ‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Kings

King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
1 Kings: the study guide →Read 1 Kings 11 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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.

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