1 Kings 11:21
in 1 Kings 11When Hadad heard in Egypt that David had rested with his fathers and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead, he said to Pharaoh, “Let me go, that I may return to my own country.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.
KJV
And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.
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This verse in 1 Kings 11
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
That Hadad should wait for the death of Joab before requesting leave to return to Idumaea shows how terrible an impression had been made by the severe measures which that commander had carried out twenty-five or thirty years previously 1Ki 11:16. The inability of refugees to depart from an Oriental court without the king’s leave, and his unwillingness ordinarily to grant leave, are illustrated by many passages in the history of Persia.
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
Joab, the commander of the army, was dead
Albert Barnes reads the wait for Joab's death as a measure of the terror his slaughter in Edom had left, twenty-five or thirty years before. A refugee at an Eastern court needed the king's leave. John Wesley holds that Hadad ruled Edom under tribute until Solomon turned from God.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 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.
And it is probable, by the near relation which was between his wife and Solomon's; and, by Pharaoh's intercession, he obtained his kingdom with condition of subjection and tribute to be paid by him to Solomon; which condition he kept 'till Solomon fell from God, and then began to be troublesome, and dangerous to his house and kingdom.
And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers,.... Was dead and buried, as the death of princes is soon known in other countries, and especially a king of such fame as David: and that Joab the captain of the host was dead: whose name might be terrible to Hadad, because of the slaughter of men he had made in his country: Hadad said unto Pharaoh, let me depart, that I may go to mine own country; with a view and an hope to recover it, now David and Joab were dead.
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 & 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.
The words behind it
21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַהֲדַ֞ד | vahadad | and Hadad | H1908 → | 12 times |
| שָׁמַ֣ע | shama' | he heard | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| בְּמִצְרַ֗יִם | bemitzrayim | in Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| שָׁכַ֤ב | shakhav | he had lain down | H7901 → | 212 times |
| דָּוִד֙ | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| אֲבֹתָ֔יו | ʾavotav | ancestors his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וְכִי־ | vekhi- | and that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| מֵ֖ת | met | he had died | H4191 → | 839 times |
| יוֹאָ֣ב | yoav | Joab | H3097 → | 144 times |
| שַֽׂר־ | sar- | [the] commander of | H8269 → | 421 times |
| הַצָּבָ֑א | hatzava' | the army | H6635 → | 485 times |
| וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הֲדַד֙ | hadad | Hadad | H1908 → | 12 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| פַּרְעֹ֔ה | paroh | Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
| שַׁלְּחֵ֖נִי | shalecheni | let go me | H7971 → | 845 times |
| וְאֵלֵ֥ךְ | veelekh | so I may go | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אַרְצִֽי׃ | ʾartzi | own land my | H776 → | 2504 times |
וַהֲדַ֞דand Hadad
vahadadH1908 →12 times
שָׁמַ֣עhe heard
shama'H8085 →1159 times
בְּמִצְרַ֗יִםin Egypt
bemitzrayimH4714 →641 times
כִּֽי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
שָׁכַ֤בhe had lain down
shakhavH7901 →212 times
דָּוִד֙David
davidH1732 →999 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
אֲבֹתָ֔יוancestors his
ʾavotavH1 →1212 times
וְכִי־and that
vekhi-H3588 →4482 times
מֵ֖תhe had died
metH4191 →839 times
יוֹאָ֣בJoab
yoavH3097 →144 times
שַֽׂר־[the] commander of
sar-H8269 →421 times
הַצָּבָ֑אthe army
hatzava'H6635 →485 times
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
הֲדַד֙Hadad
hadadH1908 →12 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
פַּרְעֹ֔הPharaoh
parohH6547 →274 times
שַׁלְּחֵ֖נִיlet go me
shalecheniH7971 →845 times
וְאֵלֵ֥ךְso I may go
veelekhH1980 →1546 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אַרְצִֽי׃own land my
ʾartziH776 →2504 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Exodus 4:19Now the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead.”
it leads to
- Matthew 2:20
“Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those seeking the Child’s life are now dead.”
- Exodus 2:15
When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.
- Exodus 2:23
After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
- Matthew 2:20
Through
1 Kings 2:10Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
it leads to
- Acts 2:29
Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
- Acts 13:36
For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.
- 1 Kings 1:21
Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.”
- 1 Chronicles 29:28
He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 11:43
And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
- Acts 2:29
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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); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.