1 Kings 11:16 KJV — MannaFest

1 Kings 11:16

(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)

KJV

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ASV

(for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom);

WEB

Joab and all Israel had stayed there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom.

YLT

for six months did Joab abide there, and all Israel, till the cutting off of every male in Edom--

DBT

(for Joab abode there six months with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom),

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1 Kings — From Solomon's glory to the divided kingdom — then Elijah's confrontation with Ahab and Jezebel dominating the second half. The promise of the Davidic covenant unfolding through temple glory, then beginning to unravel as idolatry and political fragmentation take hold.

Author: Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (Bava Batra 15a). The book draws on court annals and prophetic records cited by name.
Date: Events c. 970–852 BC; compilation during the late Judahite monarchy or exile

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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.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

From this general slaughter, while Joab was burying the slain (for he left not any alive of their own people to bury them, and buried they must be, or they would be an annoyance to the country, Ezek. xxxix. 12 ), Hadad, a branch of the royal family, then a little child, was taken and preserved by some of the king's servants, and conveyed to Egypt,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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