1 Kings 11:16

(For Joab and all Israel were there six months till every male in Edom had been cut off;)

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

15And 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;

17Hadad, being still a young boy, went in flight to Egypt, with certain Edomites, servants of his father;

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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 →

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