1 Kings 11:16

(for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom),

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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

15For when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the army had gone up to bury the slain, and had struck every male in Edom

17Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt, when Hadad was still a little child.

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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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