1 Kings 11:17
in 1 Kings 11But 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
7 notes on this verseHadad 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
stirred up an adversary
on 1 Kings 11:14-22
Hadad the Edomite is the first of two adversaries the Lord himself raises against Solomon, a royal child who fled Joab's slaughter of Edom's males under David and grew up at Pharaoh's own table, married to the queen's sister. The narrator lets the long exile stand as its own comment: a king who married Pharaoh's daughter for peace now houses inside Egypt the very man his father's war created. Hadad's plea to return, though thou hast lacked nothing with me, names the pull of home over comfort, and it comes precisely when Solomon's protection has weakened.
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.
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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That Hadad fled,....
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
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּבְרַ֣ח | vaiyivrach | and he fled | H1272 → | 63 times |
| אֲדַ֡ד | ʾadad | Hadad | H111 → | |
| הוּא֩ | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| וַאֲנָשִׁ֨ים | vaanashim | and people | H582 → | 566 times |
| אֲדֹמִיִּ֜ים | ʾadomiyim | Edomite | H130 → | 11 times |
| מֵעַבְדֵ֥י | meavdei | some of [the] servants of | H5650 → | 799 times |
| אָבִ֛יו | ʾaviv | father his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| אִתּ֖וֹ | ʾito | with him | H854 → | 929 times |
| לָב֣וֹא | lavo' | to go | H935 → | 2568 times |
| מִצְרָ֑יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| וַהֲדַ֖ד | vahadad | and Hadad | H1908 → | 12 times |
| נַ֥עַר | naar | [was] a youth | H5288 → | 239 times |
| קָטָֽן׃ | katan | young | H6996 → | 101 times |
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.
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
2 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…
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.
- 2 Samuel 9:3
Through
2 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…
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.’”
- 2 Kings 11:21
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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.
