1 Kings 11:15
For 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
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16(for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom),
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Genesis 25:23The LORD said to her, “Two nations are in your womb. Two peoples will be separated from your body. The one people will be stronger than the other people. The elder will serve the younger.”
Numbers 24:18Edom shall be a possession. Seir, his enemy, also shall be a possession, while Israel does valiantly.
Deuteronomy 20:13When the LORD your God delivers it into your hand, you shall strike every male of it with the edge of the sword;
2 Samuel 8:14He put garrisons in Edom. Throughout all Edom, he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. The LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.
Psalms 60:1God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been angry. Restore us, again.
Malachi 1:2“I have loved you,” says the LORD. Yet you say, “How have you loved us?” “Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?” says the LORD, “Yet I loved Jacob;
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 →