1 Kings 11:20
in 1 Kings 11And the sister of Tahpenes bore Hadad a son named Genubath. Tahpenes herself weaned him in Pharaoh’s palace, and Genubath lived there among the sons of Pharaoh.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s house among the sons of Pharaoh.
KJV
And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s household among the sons of Pharaoh.
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This verse in 1 Kings 11
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd the sister of Tahpenes bore him Genubath his son,.... Which signifies "stealth", and the name might be given in memory of himself being carried away by stealth from his own land: whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: who was so fond of the child, that she took it, and weaned it for her in the king's palace: and Genubath was in Pharaoh's household among the sons of Pharaoh; brought up among them, as if he was one of them.
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 Awakening2 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.
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
19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתֵּ֨לֶד | vateled | and she bore | H3205 → | 496 times |
| ל֜וֹ | lo | to him | ||
| אֲח֣וֹת | ʾachot | [the] sister of | H269 → | 114 times |
| תַּחְפְּנֵ֗יס | tachpeneis | Tahpenes | H8472 → | 3 times |
| אֵ֚ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| גְּנֻבַ֣ת | genuvat | Genubath | H1592 → | |
| בְּנ֔וֹ | beno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וַתִּגְמְלֵ֣הוּ | vatigmelehu | and she weaned him | H1580 → | |
| תַחְפְּנֵ֔ס | tachpenes | Tahpenes | H8472 → | 3 times |
| בְּת֖וֹךְ | betokh | in [the] midst of | H8432 → | 418 times |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | [the] household of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| פַּרְעֹ֑ה | paroh | Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
| וַיְהִ֤י | vayhi | and he was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| גְנֻבַת֙ | genuvat | Genubath | H1592 → | |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| פַּרְעֹ֔ה | paroh | Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
| בְּת֖וֹךְ | betokh | in among | H8432 → | 418 times |
| בְּנֵ֥י | benei | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| פַרְעֹֽה׃ | faroh | Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
וַתֵּ֨לֶדand she bore
vateledH3205 →496 times
ל֜וֹto him
lo
אֲח֣וֹת[the] sister of
ʾachotH269 →114 times
תַּחְפְּנֵ֗יסTahpenes
tachpeneisH8472 →3 times
אֵ֚ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
גְּנֻבַ֣תGenubath
genuvatH1592 →
בְּנ֔וֹson his
benoH1121 →4930 times
וַתִּגְמְלֵ֣הוּand she weaned him
vatigmelehuH1580 →
תַחְפְּנֵ֔סTahpenes
tachpenesH8472 →3 times
בְּת֖וֹךְin [the] midst of
betokhH8432 →418 times
בֵּ֣ית[the] household of
beitH1004 →2046 times
פַּרְעֹ֑הPharaoh
parohH6547 →274 times
וַיְהִ֤יand he was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
גְנֻבַת֙Genubath
genuvatH1592 →
בֵּ֣ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
פַּרְעֹ֔הPharaoh
parohH6547 →274 times
בְּת֖וֹךְin among
betokhH8432 →418 times
בְּנֵ֥י[the] sons of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
פַרְעֹֽה׃Pharaoh
farohH6547 →274 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
1 Samuel 1:24Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him…
it leads to
- Numbers 15:9–10
present with the bull a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a hin of olive oil.
- 1 Samuel 4:3–4
When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the…
- Joshua 18:1
Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,
- Deuteronomy 12:5–6
Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.
- Deuteronomy 12:11
then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all…
- Numbers 15:9–10
Through
Genesis 21:7She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
it leads to
- Isaiah 66:8
Who has heard of such as this? Who has seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be delivered in an instant? Yet as soon as Zion was…
- Genesis 18:11–12
And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
- Ephesians 3:10
His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,
- Isaiah 66:8
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Kings
This page draws on 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.