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

15Earlier, when David was at war with Edom, Joab, commander of the army, went up to bury the slain, and had struck down every male in Edom. 16Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom. But Hadad and some Edomites, servants of his father, had fled to Egypt, while Hadad was a small boy. 18Setting out from Midian they came to Paran and took men from Paran along with them, and went to Egypt—to Pharaoh king of Egypt—who gave him a house, allotted him food and gave him land. 19Then Hadad found great favor in Pharaoh’s eyes, so that he gave him his own sister-in-law, the sister of Queen Tahpenes, as wife.

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 2:1Now a man from the house of Levi took as his wife a daughter of Levi.
• 2 Samuel 4:4(Saul’s son Jonathan had a son whose legs were crippled. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and his nurse picked him up and fled. It came about, as she was hurrying to flee, that he fell and was crippled. His name was Mephibosheth.)
• 2 Kings 11:2But Jehosheba, daughter of King Joram and sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were being put to death. She put him and his nurse in the bedroom, so he was hidden from Athaliah, so that he was not killed.
• Matthew 2:13Now when they had gone, behold, an angel of Adonai appears to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Get up! Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is about 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