(for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom);
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(for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom);
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(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)
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for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom —
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 11:16 (For six months did Joab remain there…
1Ki 11:16 (For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)
Ver. 16. Until he had cut off every male,] viz., That was taken in the heat of the fight. {1Ch 18:12}
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain That Hadad fled,.... While Joab was burying the slain:
That Hadad fled,.... While Joab was burying the slain:
he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him; who either was a king, and these some of his officers and courtiers; or however was of the royal family, and had an equipage, and these some of them:
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to go into Egypt; that was their view at first setting out, where they might hope for help, at least shelter:
Hadad being yet a little child; whom his father's servants hid, while Joab was making the slaughter he did, and took the opportunity of fleeing with him while he was burying the dead.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Every male in Edom - i. e., every male…
Every male in Edom - i. e., every male whom he could find. As did Hadad and his company 1Ki 11:17, so others would escape in various directions. The Edomite nation was not destroyed on the occasion.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 16. for six months] Not too long a time…
16. for six months] Not too long a time to be spent in establishing garrisons which might hold the land.
with all Israel] This like the last verse must be understood only of such forces as were engaged in this war. David with a sufficient bodyguard would retire northward, through a country all his own, and where no greater force was needed, leaving Joab and the bulk of the host to complete the arrangements for the holding of Edom.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain For six months did Joab remain there with all…
For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel i.e. , the entire army, (as in 1Ki_16:16, 1Ki_16:17) until he had cut off every male in Edom.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.