1 Kings 11:22

And Pharao said to Ader, + 11:22 Gr. wherein art thou wanting?What lackest thou with me? that lo! thou seekest to depart to thy country? and Ader said to him, By all means let me go. So Ader returned to his country;

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.

In Context

21And Ader heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead; and Ader said to Pharao, Let me go, and I will return to my country.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 18:22And Achimaas the son of Sadoc said again to Joab, Nay, let me also run after Chusi. And Joab said, Why + 18:22 Gr. dost.wouldest thou thus run, my son? attend, thou hast no tidings for profit if thou go.

Proverbs 27:8As when a bird flies down from its own nest, so a man is brought into bondage whenever he estranges himself from his own place.

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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