1 Kings 11:16

(for Joab and all Israel abode there six months in Edom, until he utterly destroyed every male in Edom);

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 it happened, that while David was utterly destroying Edom, while Joab captain of the host was going to bury the dead, when they slew every male in Edom

17that Hadad ran away, he and all the Edomites of the servants of his father with him; and they went into Egypt; and Hadad was then a little child.

Read all of 1 Kings 11

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study 1 Kings 11:16