1 Kings 11:18
in 1 Kings 11Hadad and his men set out from Midian and went to Paran. They took men from Paran with them and went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house and land and provided him with food.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran; and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave him a house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land.
KJV
And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land.
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This verse in 1 Kings 11
Commentary
8 notes on this verseThese arose out of Midian - They at first retired to Midian, which lay to the southwest of the Dead Sea. Not supposing themselves in safety there, they went afterwards to Paran in the south of Idumea, and getting a number of persons to join them in Paran, they went straight to Egypt, where we find Hadad became a favourite with Pharaoh, who gave him his sister-in-law to wife; and incorporated him and his family with his own.
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.
This site's exposition
set out from Midian and went to Paran
Albert Barnes places Midian in the south of Judah and reads Paran as the desert below it, on the road to Egypt. He dates this Pharaoh to the twenty-first dynasty, with Psusennes the First as the likeliest king, in a line that sought alliances with its eastern neighbors. The same policy gave Solomon an Egyptian wife at 3:1.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 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 they arose out of Midian,....
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 Century2 voices
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.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Midian - A town in the south of Judah. Paran is the desert tract immediately to the south of Judaea, the modern desert of et-Tih. Pharaoh - King of the twenty-first (Tanite) dynasty; probably he was Psusennes I, Manetho’s second king. It appears to have been the policy of the Pharaohs about this time to make friends and contract alliances with their eastern neighbors.
The words behind it
23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּקֻ֙מוּ֙ | vaiyakumu | and they arose | H6965 → | 628 times |
| מִמִּדְיָ֔ן | mimidyan | from Midian | H4080 → | |
| וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ | vaiyavou | and they went | H935 → | 2568 times |
| פָּארָ֑ן | paran | Paran | H6290 → | |
| וַיִּקְחוּ֩ | vaiyikchu | and they took | H3947 → | 966 times |
| אֲנָשִׁ֨ים | ʾanashim | men | H582 → | 566 times |
| עִמָּ֜ם | ʾimam | with them | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| מִפָּארָ֗ן | miparan | from Paran | H6290 → | |
| וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ | vaiyavou | and they went | H935 → | 2568 times |
| מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| פַּרְעֹ֣ה | paroh | Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| מִצְרַ֔יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| וַיִּתֶּן־ | vaiyiten- | and he gave | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| ל֣וֹ | lo | to him | ||
| בַ֗יִת | vayit | a house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| וְלֶ֙חֶם֙ | velechem | and food | H3899 → | 298 times |
| אָ֣מַר | ʾamar | he assigned | H559 → | 5305 times |
| ל֔וֹ | lo | to him | ||
| וְאֶ֖רֶץ | veeretz | and land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| נָ֥תַן | natan | he gave | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לֽוֹ׃ | lo | to him |
וַיָּקֻ֙מוּ֙and they arose
vaiyakumuH6965 →628 times
מִמִּדְיָ֔ןfrom Midian
mimidyanH4080 →
וַיָּבֹ֖אוּand they went
vaiyavouH935 →2568 times
פָּארָ֑ןParan
paranH6290 →
וַיִּקְחוּ֩and they took
vaiyikchuH3947 →966 times
אֲנָשִׁ֨יםmen
ʾanashimH582 →566 times
עִמָּ֜םwith them
ʾimamH5973 →1050 times
מִפָּארָ֗ןfrom Paran
miparanH6290 →
וַיָּבֹ֤אוּand they went
vaiyavouH935 →2568 times
מִצְרַ֙יִם֙Egypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
פַּרְעֹ֣הPharaoh
parohH6547 →274 times
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
מִצְרַ֔יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
וַיִּתֶּן־and he gave
vaiyiten-H5414 →2011 times
ל֣וֹto him
lo
בַ֗יִתa house
vayitH1004 →2046 times
וְלֶ֙חֶם֙and food
velechemH3899 →298 times
אָ֣מַרhe assigned
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
ל֔וֹto him
lo
וְאֶ֖רֶץand land
veeretzH776 →2504 times
נָ֥תַןhe gave
natanH5414 →2011 times
לֽוֹ׃to him
lo
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
Deuteronomy 33:2He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.
it leads to
- Habakkuk 3:3
God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth.
- Revelation 5:11
Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels and living creatures and elders encircling the throne, and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.
- Jude 1:14
Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones
- Judges 5:4–5
O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.
- Psalms 68:17
The chariots of God are tens of thousands— thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He was at Sinai.
- Habakkuk 3:3
Through
Numbers 10:12and the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.
it leads to
- Numbers 12:16
After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.
- Genesis 21:21
And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
- Numbers 12:16
Through
Deuteronomy 1:1These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan—in the Arabah opposite Suph—between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 25:1
When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.
- 1 Samuel 25:1
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.