1 Kings 11:22
in 1 Kings 11But Pharaoh asked him, “What have you lacked here with me that you suddenly want to go back to your own country?” “Nothing,” Hadad replied, “but please let me go.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit only let me depart.
KJV
Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.
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This verse in 1 Kings 11
Commentary
8 notes on this verseLet me go in any wise - It does not appear that he avowed his real intention to Pharaoh; for at this time there must have been peace between Israel and Egypt, Solomon having married the daughter of Pharaoh.
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
What have you lacked here with me
Adam Clarke notes that Hadad kept his real purpose from Pharaoh, who was at peace with Israel through Solomon's marriage. Matthew Henry passes on a reflection of Peter Martyr. Heaven is the believer's own country, to be longed for even when the world offers everything.
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.
"Nothing," says Hadad; "but let me go to my own country, my native air, my native soil." Peter Martyr has a pious reflection upon this: "Heaven is our home, and we ought to keep up a holy affection to that, and desire towards it, even when the world, the place of our banishment, smiles most upon us." Does it ask, What have you lacked, that you are so willing to be gone?
Then Pharaoh said unto him, but what hast thou lacked with me,....
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
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֧אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| ל֣וֹ | lo | to him | ||
| פַרְעֹ֗ה | faroh | Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
| כִּ֠י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| מָה־ | mah- | what? | H4100 → | 752 times |
| אַתָּ֤ה | ʾatah | [are] you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| חָסֵר֙ | chaser | lacking | H2638 → | |
| עִמִּ֔י | ʾimi | with me | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| וְהִנְּךָ֥ | vehinekha | and here you | H2005 → | 316 times |
| מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ | mevakesh | [are] seeking | H1245 → | 225 times |
| לָלֶ֣כֶת | lalekhet | to go | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אַרְצֶ֑ךָ | ʾartzekha | own land your | H776 → | 2504 times |
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀ | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| לֹ֔א | lo' | In- | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | deed | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| שַׁלֵּ֖חַ | shaleach | really <let go> | H7971 → | 845 times |
| תְּשַׁלְּחֵֽנִי׃ | teshalecheni | you will let go me | H7971 → | 845 times |
וַיֹּ֧אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
ל֣וֹto him
lo
פַרְעֹ֗הPharaoh
farohH6547 →274 times
כִּ֠יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
מָה־what?
mah-H4100 →752 times
אַתָּ֤ה[are] you
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
חָסֵר֙lacking
chaserH2638 →
עִמִּ֔יwith me
ʾimiH5973 →1050 times
וְהִנְּךָ֥and here you
vehinekhaH2005 →316 times
מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ[are] seeking
mevakeshH1245 →225 times
לָלֶ֣כֶתto go
lalekhetH1980 →1546 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אַרְצֶ֑ךָown land your
ʾartzekhaH776 →2504 times
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀and he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
לֹ֔אIn-
lo'H3808 →5168 times
כִּ֥יdeed
kiH3588 →4482 times
שַׁלֵּ֖חַreally <let go>
shaleachH7971 →845 times
תְּשַׁלְּחֵֽנִי׃you will let go me
teshalecheniH7971 →845 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
Psalms 37:8Refrain from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it can only bring harm.
it leads to
- Proverbs 14:29
A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
- Proverbs 16:32
He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
- James 1:19–20
My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
- Ephesians 4:31
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
- Job 5:2
For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
- Proverbs 14:29
Through
Luke 22:35Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you out without purse or bag or sandals, did you lack anything?” “Nothing,” they answered.
it leads to
- Matthew 10:9–10
Do not carry any gold or silver or copper in your belts.
- Luke 10:4
Carry no purse or bag or sandals. Do not greet anyone along the road.
- Psalms 23:1
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
- Matthew 10:9–10
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Kings
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.