1 Kings 11:16

(For Joab remained there six months with all Israel, till he had slain every male in Edom,)

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

15For when David was in Edom, and Joab the general of the army was gone up to bury them that were slain, and had killed every male in Edom,

17Then Adad fled, he and certain Edomites, of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt: and Adad was then a little boy.

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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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