1 Kings 11:21 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 11:21

When 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.”

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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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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

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.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

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.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַהֲדַ֞ד	va.ha.Dad	and Hadad	H1908 →
שָׁמַ֣ע	sha.Ma'	he heard	H8085 →
בְּמִצְרַ֗יִם	be.mitz.Ra.yim	in Egypt	H4714 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	that	H3588 →
שָׁכַ֤ב	sha.Khav	he had lain down	H7901 →
דָּוִד֙	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
עִם־	'im-	with	H5973 →
אֲבֹתָ֔יו	'a.vo.Tav	ancestors his	H1 →
וְכִי־	ve.khi-	and that	H3588 →
מֵ֖ת	met	he had died	H4191 →
יוֹאָ֣ב	yo.'Av	Joab	H3097 →
שַֽׂר־	sar-	[the] commander of	H8269 →
הַצָּבָ֑א	ha.tza.Va'	the army	H6635 →
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
הֲדַד֙	ha.Dad	Hadad	H1908 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
פַּרְעֹ֔ה	par.'Oh	Pharaoh	H6547 →
שַׁלְּחֵ֖נִי	sha.le.Che.ni	let go me	H7971 →
וְאֵלֵ֥ךְ	ve.'e.Lekh	so I may go	H1980 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אַרְצִֽי׃	'ar.Tzi	own land my	H776 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 4:19
Now the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead.”
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.
Through
1 Kings 2:10
Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
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.

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Where the connections lead

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