Then Pharaoh said to him, “But what have you lacked with me, that behold, you seek to go to your own country?” He answered, “Nothing, however only let me depart.”
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Then Pharaoh said to him, “But what have you lacked with me, that behold, you seek to go to your own country?” He answered, “Nothing, however only let me depart.”
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Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.
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Then Pharaoh said unto him: 'But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country?' And he answered: 'Nothing; howbeit let me depart in any wise.'
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Passages linked to 1 Kings 11:22 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Luke 22:35 He said to them, “When I sent you out without purse, wallet, and sandals, did you lack anything?” They said, “Nothing.”
- 2 Samuel 18:22-23 Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said yet again to Joab, “But come what may, please let me also run after the Cushite.” Joab said, “Why do you want to run, my son, since you will have no reward for the news?” “But come what may,” he said, “I will run.” He said to him, “Run!” Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.
- Psalms 37:8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret; it leads only to evildoing.
- Jeremiah 2:31 Generation, consider Yahweh’s word. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, ‘We have broken loose. We will come to you no more?’
- Mark 14:31 But he spoke all the more, “If I must die with you, I will not deny you.” They all said the same thing.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 11:22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what…
1Ki 11:22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.
Ver. 22. Howbeit let me go in any wise.] Heb., No, but in sending send me away. Fugiamus et nos ad clarissimarn patriam: hasten we also to heaven, though the world would detain us longer here by her blandishments and largesses, Rivers run to the sea, whence they came; the dove returneth to the ark; &c. Nature hath ingrafted in every creature to love the place where it took birth and beginning.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And God stirred him up another adversary,.... One from…
And God stirred him up another adversary,.... One from the north, as the other was from the south:
Rezon, the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah: when David fought with him; and this man seeing the battle go against his master, and that he was like to be worsted, deserted him and fled, see Sa2 8:3.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 22. Let me go in any wise.] It…
Verse 22. Let me go in any wise.] It does not appear that he avowed his real intention to Pharaoh; for at this time there must have been peace between Israel and Egypt, Solomon having married the daughter of Pharaoh.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 22. Let me go in any wise — Or,…
22. Let me go in any wise — Or, Send me by all means away. He was ambitious to recover the lost fortunes of his father’s house, and the luxurious ease of Egyptian court-life could not detain him. The sacred history does not give us the sequel of Hadad’s career; but Josephus, following the intimation of 1Ki_11:25, and the Septuagint, or perhaps some older tradition, says that Pharaoh persuaded Hadad for a long time not to leave him; but when Solomon’s popularity began to decline, he permitted him to go, and Hadad at once went to Edom and tried to incite his countrymen to revolt from the Hebrew government. Failing in this, he joined himself to Rezon, whose hostility to Solomon is recorded 1Ki_11:23-25.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 22. And he answered, Nothing] The Hebrew has for…
22. And he answered, Nothing] The Hebrew has for the last word only the simple negative ‘Not.’ (See A.V. marg.) The verb ‘I have lacked’ is to be supplied.
let me go in any wise] The verb is not the same as that translated ‘go’ in the former part of the verse. The R.V. marks the difference by rendering depart here, as the word corresponds to that so translated in 21.
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Here the LXX. (Vat.) has in addition ‘And Hadad (Ἄδερ) returned to his own land. This is the evil which Hadad: and he was indignant against Israel, and reigned in the land of Edom.’ Then 1Ki_11:23-25 are omitted, having been partly represented by the additions to 1Ki_11:14 noticed above.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou…
Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? The natural inquiry of Eastern courtesy. And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise. Heb. thou shalt surely send me away. Rawlinson says, "There is a remarkable abruptness in this termination." But we must remember how unfinished, to our eyes, Scripture narratives constantly seem. There is no need, consequently, to suspect any accidental omission from the Hebrew text. The LXX, it is true, adds, "and Ader departed," etc., but this may be inferred from vers. 14, 25. And Hadad"s persistent desire to depart, for which he assigns no reason, is suggestive of the thoughts which were stirring in his soul. "The keen remembrance of his native land, his lost kingdom, and the slaughter of all his house, gathered strength within him; and all the ease and princely honour which he enjoyed in Egypt availed not against the claims of ambition, vengeance, and patriotism" (Kitto).
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