1 Kings 11:16

Easy-to-Read Version

Joab and the men of Israel stayed in Edom for six months until they killed all the men of Edom.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For Joab and all Israel had remained there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom.

Hebrew Names Version
(for Yo'av and all Yisra'el remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom);

King James Version
(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)

English Standard Version
(for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom).

New Century Version
Joab and all the Israelites stayed in Edom for six months and killed every male in Edom.

New English Translation
For six months Joab and the entire Israelite army stayed there until they had exterminated every male in Edom.

Amplified Bible
(for Joab and all [the army of] Israel stayed there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom),

New American Standard Bible
(for Joab and all Israel stayed there for six months, until he had eliminated every male in Edom),

Geneva Bible (1587)
(For six moneths did Ioab remaine there, and all Israel, till he had destroyed all the males in Edom)

Legacy Standard Bible
(for Joab and all Israel stayed there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom),

Complete Jewish Bible
(for Yo'av and all Isra'el had stayed there six months, until he had eliminated every male in Edom),

Darby Translation
(for Joab abode there six months with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom),

George Lamsa Translation
(For Joab and all Israel with him remained there six months, until he had slain every male in Edom);

Lexham English Bible
For Joab and all Israel had stayed there six months until he exterminated every male in Edom.

Literal Translation
Joab and all Israel remained there six months until every male in Edom was cut off.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
(For Ioab remayned there sixe monethes and all Israel, tyl he had roted out all ye males that were in Edom.)

American Standard Version
(for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom);

Bible in Basic English
(For Joab and all Israel were there six months till every male in Edom had been cut off;)

Bishop's Bible (1568)
(For sixe monethes dyd Ioab remayne there, and all Israel, till he had destroyed all the men children of Edom.)

JPS Old Testament (1917)
for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom--

King James Version (1611)
(For sixe moneths did Ioab remaine there with all Israel, vntil hee had cut off euery male in Edom.)

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
(for Joab and all Israel abode there six months in Idumaea, until he utterly destroyed every male in Idumaea;)

English Revised Version
(for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom;)

Berean Standard Bible
For Joab and all Israel had stayed there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
for Joab, and al Israel dwelliden there bi sixe monethis, til thei killiden ech male kynde in Ydumee; Adad hym silf fledde,

Young's Literal Translation
for six months did Joab abide there, and all Israel, till the cutting off of every male in Edom --

Update Bible Version
(for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom);

Webster's Bible Translation
(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)

World English Bible
(for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom);

New King James Version
(because for six months Joab remained there with all Israel, until he had cut down every male in Edom),

New Living Translation
Joab and the army of Israel had stayed there for six months, killing them.

New Life Bible
(For Joab and all Israel stayed there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom.)

New Revised Standard
(for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had eliminated every male in Edom);

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
for, six months, did Joab remain there, with all Israel, - until he had cut off every male in Edom,

Douay-Rheims Bible
(For Joab remained there six months with all Israel, till he had slain every male in Edom,)

Revised Standard Version
(for Jo'ab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom);

New American Standard Bible (1995)
(for Joab and all Israel stayed there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom),

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ Then the Lord raised up Hadad the Edomite to become Solomon's enemy. Hadad was from the royal family of Edom. ¹⁵ This is how it happened. In the past David fought against Edom. Joab was the commander of David's army. Joab went to Edom to bury his dead soldiers. While there Joab killed all the Edomite men who were still alive. ¹⁶ Joab and the men of Israel stayed in Edom for six months until they killed all the men of Edom. ¹⁷ At the time Hadad was only a young boy. He and some of his father's servants ran away to Egypt. ¹⁸ They left Midian and went to Paran. In Paran some other people joined them and the whole group went to Egypt. They went to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and asked for help. Pharaoh gave Hadad a house, some land, and food to eat. ¹⁹ Pharaoh liked Hadad so much that he gave Hadad a wife. She was Pharaoh's sister-in-law. (Pharaoh's wife was Queen Tahpenes.) ²⁰ Hadad and the sister of Tahpenes had a son named Genubath. Queen Tahpenes let Genubath grow up in Pharaoh's house with his children. ²¹ In Egypt Hadad heard that David had died and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead. So Hadad said to Pharaoh, "Let me go home to my own country." ²² But Pharaoh answered, "I have given you everything you need here. Why do you want to go back to your own country?" Hadad answered, "Please, just let me go home." ²³ God also raised up another man to become one of Solomon's enemies. This man was Rezon, son of Eliada. Rezon ran away from his master, King Hadadezer of Zobah.

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Cross-References

Genesis 10:21
Shem was Japheth's older brother. One of Shem's descendants was Eber, the father of all the Hebrew people.

Genesis 10:25
Eber was the father of two sons. One son was named Peleg. He was given this name because the earth was divided during his life. The other son was named Joktan.

Numbers 24:24
Ships will come from Cyprus. They will defeat Assyria and Eber, but those ships will also be destroyed."

1 Chronicles 1:19
Eber had two sons. One son was named Peleg, because the people on the earth were divided into different languages during his lifetime. Peleg's brother was named Joktan.

Luke 3:35
Nahor was the son of Serug. Serug was the son of Reu. Reu was the son of Peleg. Peleg was the son of Eber. Eber was the son of Shelah.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For six months did Joab remain with all Israel,.... With the whole army:

until he had cut off every male in Edom; as he supposed; for it was not fact, since after this they increased again, and became a powerful people, and had a king over them, and revolted from Judah, 2 Kings 8:20.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Every male in Edom - i. e., every male whom he could find. As did Hadad and his company 1 Kings 11:17, so others would escape in various directions. The Edomite nation was not destroyed on the occasion.