NET Bible
"For Joab and the entire Israelite army stayed there six months until they had exterminated every male in Edom."
— 1 Kings 11:16, NET Bible
“(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)”
“(for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom); ”
“(for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom);”
“(For Joab remained there six months with all Israel, till he had slain every male in Edom,)”
“(For Joab and all Israel were there six months till every male in Edom had been cut off;)”
“(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)”
But I will not tear away the entire kingdom; I will leave your son one tribe for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of my chosen city Jerusalem.”
The LORD brought against Solomon an enemy, Hadad the Edomite, a descendant of the Edomite king.
During David’s campaign against Edom, Joab, the commander of the army, while on a mission to bury the dead, killed every male in Edom.
For Joab and the entire Israelite army stayed there six months until they had exterminated every male in Edom.
Hadad, who was only a small boy at the time, escaped with some of his father’s Edomite servants and headed for Egypt.
They went from Midian to Paran; they took some men from Paran and went to Egypt. Pharaoh, king of Egypt, gave him a house and some land and supplied him with food.
Pharaoh liked Hadad so well he gave him his sister-in-law(Queen Tahpenes’ sister) as a wife.