1 Kings 11:16

1 Kings 11:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)
• English Standard Version (ESV)(for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom).
• New King James Version (NKJV)(because for six months Joab remained there with all Israel, until he had cut down every male in Edom),
• New Living Translation (NLT)Joab and the army of Israel had stayed there for six months, killing them.

Context of 1 Kings 11:16

14Then the Lord raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom. 15Earlier when David was fighting with Edom, Joab the commander of the army, who had gone up to bury the dead, had struck down all the men in Edom. Joab and all the Israelites stayed there for six months, until they had destroyed all the men in Edom. 17But Hadad, still only a boy, fled to Egypt with some Edomite officials who had served his father. 18They set out from Midian and went to Paran. Then taking people from Paran with them, they went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house and land and provided him with food.

1 Kings 11:16 word by word

כִּ֣י שֵׁ֧שֶׁת חֳדָשִׁ֛ים יָֽשַׁב־שָׁ֥ם יוֹאָ֖ב וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עַד־הִכְרִ֥ית כָּל־זָכָ֖ר בֶּאֱדֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• monthsחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
• did Joabיוֹאָבyô'âb · JoabH3097
• remainיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• there with all Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• until he had cut offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• every maleזָכָרzâkâr · maleH2145
• in Edomאֱדוֹם'ĕdôm 'ĕdôm · EdomH123

Commentaries on 1 Kings 11:16

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-25Verses 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.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-22Solomon's first enemy was Hadad. David had fought the Edomites and defeated them severely (2 Samuel 8:13–14; 1 Chronicles 18:13Œ14). Hadad was the only survivor from the Edomite royal family. He escaped to Egypt with some followers. The Egyptian king welcomed him as a possible ally and gave him his wife's sister to marry. When David and Joab died, Hadad returned to Edom, waiting for a chance to strike back at Israel.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-2514-25. 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 after years, the thought of his native land…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 11:16

• Backsliders
• Citizens
• Edomites
• Hadad
• Joab

In the dictionaries

• Edom
• Israel
• Joab
• Clad
• Hadad
• Notwithstanding
• Rend
• Solomon
• Agriculture
• Cut; Cutting

Commentaries on 1 Kings 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings