Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him as wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
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Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him as wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
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And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
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And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
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Passages linked to 1 Kings 11:19 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 39:21 But Yahweh was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
- Acts 7:10 and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
- Genesis 39:4 Joseph found favor in his sight. He ministered to him, and Potiphar made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
- Jeremiah 43:7-9 and they came into the land of Egypt; for they didn’t obey Yahweh’s voice: and they came to Tahpanhes. Then Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying, “Take great stones in your hand, and hide them in mortar in the brick work, which is at the entry of Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;
- Acts 7:21 When he was thrown out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up and reared him as her own son.
- Genesis 41:45 Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-Paneah. He gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On as a wife. Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain God brought him to honor, that his power might…
God brought him to honor, that his power might be more able to compass his enterprises against Solomon’s house.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 11:19 And Hadad found great favour in the…
1Ki 11:19 And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
Ver. 19. So that he gave him to wife, &c.] Orphans are God’s clients: he ordinarily pitieth outcasts, as he did Ishmael, and promiseth to do to his poor people in that condition. {Jer 30:17} See Isa 16:4.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain God so disposing his heart, that Hadad might be…
God so disposing his heart, that Hadad might be a scourge to Solomon for his impieties, which God foresaw long before they were done.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the sister of Tahpenes bore him Genubath his…
And the sister of Tahpenes bore him Genubath his son,.... Which signifies "stealth", and the name might be given in memory of himself being carried away by stealth from his own land:
whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: who was so fond of the child, that she took it, and weaned it for her in the king's palace:
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and Genubath was in Pharaoh's household among the sons of Pharaoh; brought up among them, as if he was one of them.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Found favour - God so disposing his heart, that…
Found favour - God so disposing his heart, that Hadad might be a scourge to Solomon for his impieties.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Ki 11:19-20. Hadad found great favour in the sight…
1Ki 11:19-20. Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh — God so disposing Pharaoh’s heart, that Hadad might be a scourge to Solomon for his impieties. Here Hadad married the sister of Tahpenes the queen, who bare him a son. Whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house — Having as great a fondness for the child, as the king had for his father; and kept the feast generally made at the weaning of a child. In all these things the providence of God was conspicuous, thus causing Hadad and his family to rise into power and influence, that he might give the greater trouble to Solomon.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Full. Septuagint, "elder sister of his wife Thekemina." (Haydock)
Full. Septuagint, "elder sister of his wife Thekemina." (Haydock)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 19. the queen] The Hebrew word נבירה (g’birah) is…
19. the queen] The Hebrew word נבירה (g’birah) is not the usual word for ‘queen,’ but a title of special honour, used occasionally (1Ki_15:13; 1Ch_15:16) for the ‘queen-mother,’ always a person of great influence in an Oriental court.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (19) Tahpenes the queen—a name unknown, either in history…
(19) Tahpenes the queen—a name unknown, either in history or in the Egyptian monuments.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And Hadad found great favour in the sight of…
And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes LXX qekemina. "No name that has any near resemblance to either Tahpenes or Thekemina has yet been found among those of the period" (Poole, Dict. Bib. 3:1431). Rawlinson adds that the monuments of that age are extremely scanty the queen. Heb. hr; ybiG the word generally used of the queen mother. (as in 1Ki_15:13) Here, and in 2Ki_10:13, however, it is used of the queen consort.
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