1 Kings 11:15
And when David had sent destruction on Edom, and Joab, the captain of the army, had gone to put the dead into the earth, and had put to death every male in Edom;
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14So the Lord sent Hadad the Edomite to make trouble for Solomon: he was of the king's seed in Edom.
16(For Joab and all Israel were there six months till every male in Edom had been cut off;)
Cross References
Genesis 25:23And the Lord said to her, Two nations are in your body, and two peoples will come to birth from you: the one will be stronger than the other, and the older will be the servant of the younger.
Numbers 24:18Edom will be his heritage, and he will put an end to the last of the people of Seir.
Deuteronomy 20:13And when the Lord your God has given it into your hands, let every male in it be put to death without mercy.
2 Samuel 8:14And he put armed forces in Edom; all through Edom he had armed forces stationed, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.
Psalms 60:1To the chief music-maker; put to Shushan-eduth. Michtam. Of David.\
Malachi 1:2You have been loved by me, says the Lord. But you say, Where was your love for us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the Lord: but Jacob was loved by me,
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 11:15-26
Solomon's Adversaries. ( b. c. 980.) 14 And the Lord stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom. 15 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom; 16 (For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:) 17 That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little… Read the whole commentary →