1 Kings 11:17

1 Kings 11:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.
• New International Version (NIV)But Hadad, still only a boy, fled to Egypt with some Edomite officials who had served his father.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But Hadad fled to Egypt, together with certain Edomites of his father's servants, Hadad still being a little child.
• New King James Version (NKJV)that Hadad fled to go to Egypt, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him. Hadad was still a little child.

Context of 1 Kings 11:17

15Years before, David had defeated Edom. Joab, his army commander, had stayed to bury some of the Israelite soldiers who had died in battle. While there, they killed every male in Edom. 16Joab and the army of Israel had stayed there for six months, killing them. But Hadad and a few of his father’s royal officials escaped and headed for Egypt. (Hadad was just a boy at the time.) 18They set out from Midian and went to Paran, where others joined them. Then they traveled to Egypt and went to Pharaoh, who gave them a home, food, and some land. 19Pharaoh grew very fond of Hadad, and he gave him his wife’s sister in marriage—the sister of Queen Tahpenes.

1 Kings 11:17 word by word

וַיִּבְרַ֣ח אֲדַ֡ד הוּא֩ וַאֲנָשִׁ֨ים אֲדֹמִיִּ֜ים מֵעַבְדֵ֥י אָבִ֛יו אִתּ֖וֹ לָב֣וֹא מִצְרָ֑יִם וַהֲדַ֖ד נַ֥עַר קָטָֽן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• That Hadadאֲדַד'ădad · HadadH111
• fledבָּרַחbârach · to fleeH1272
• he and certainאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• Edomitesאֲדֹמִי'ĕdômîy · EdomiteH130
• of his father’sאָב'âb · fatherH1
• servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• with him, to goבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• into Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• Hadadהֲדַדhădad · HadadH1908
• yet a littleקָטָןqâţân qâţôn · smallH6996
• childנַ֫עַרna‛ar · youthH5288

Cross-references for 1 Kings 11:17

• Exodus 2:1About this time, a man and woman from the tribe of Levi got married.
• 2 Samuel 4:4(Saul’s son Jonathan had a son named Mephibosheth, who was crippled as a child. He was five years old when the report came from Jezreel that Saul and Jonathan had been killed in battle. When the child’s nurse heard the news, she picked him up and fled. But as she hurried away, she dropped him, and he became crippled.)
• 2 Kings 11:2But Ahaziah’s sister Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram, took Ahaziah’s infant son, Joash, and stole him away from among the rest of the king’s children, who were about to be killed. She put Joash and his nurse in a bedroom, and they hid him from Athaliah, so the child was not murdered.
• Matthew 2:13After the wise men were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up! Flee to Egypt with the child and his mother,” the angel said. “Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”

Commentaries on 1 Kings 11:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Hadad being yet a little child - קטן נער naar katan, a little boy; one who was apprehensive of his danger, and could, with his father's servants, make his escape: not an infant.Read the comment
• 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 11:17

• Backsliders
• Citizens
• Hadad
• Hospitality
• Paran
• Pharaoh

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Clad
• Hadad
• Notwithstanding
• Rend
• Solomon
• Agriculture
• Jehoiada
• Jeroboam
• Joab

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