1 Kings 11:16
(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)
1 Kings 11:16 in other translations
| BSB | Joab and all Israel had stayed there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom. |
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| WEB | (for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom), |
| ASV | (for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom); |
| YLT | for six months did Joab abide there, and all Israel, till the cutting off of every male in Edom-- |
| DARBY | (for Joab abode there six months with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom), |
| BBE | (For Joab and all Israel were there six months till every male in Edom had been cut off;) |
| Webster | (For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:) |
What does 1 Kings 11:16 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 11:14-25
14-25. the Lord stirred up an adversary--that is, permitted him, through the impulse of his own ambition, or revenge, to attack Israel. During the war of extermination, which Joab carried on in Edom (2Sa 8:13), this Hadad, of the royal family, a mere boy when rescued from the sword of the ruthless conqueror, was carried into Egypt, hospitably entertained, and became allied with the house of the Egyptian king. In…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 11:14-25
While Solomon kept close to God and to his duty, there was no enemy to give him uneasiness; but here we have an account of two. If against us, he can make us fear even the least, and the very grasshopper shall be a burden. Though they were moved by principles of ambition or revenge, God used them to correct Solomon.
1 Kings 11:16 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 1 Kings 11:15
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;
- 1 Kings 11:16
(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)
- 1 Kings 11:17
That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.
1 Kings 11:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | (Porque seis meses habitó allí Joab, y todo Israel, hasta que hubo acabado á todo el sexo masculino en Edom;) |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | (or Joab resta là six mois avec tout Israël, jusqu’à ce qu’il ait retranché tous les mâles en Édom), |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | : |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | (sex enim mensibus ibi moratus est Joab, et omnis Israël, donec interimeret omne masculinum in Idumæa), |