1 Kings 11:16
14 Then the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom.
15 Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab the commander of the army had gone to bury the dead and had struck down every male in Edom.
Joab and all Israel had stayed there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom.
17 But Hadad, still just a young boy, had fled to Egypt, along with some Edomites who were servants of his father.
18 Hadad and his men set out from Midian and went to Paran. They took men from Paran with them and went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house and land and provided him with food.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Joab and all Israel had stayed there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom.
- KJV
- (For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)
- WEB
- (for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom),
- ASV
- (for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom);
- DARBY
- (for Joab abode there six months with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom),
- BLB
- for six months Joab had remained there, and all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom—
- ÅB
- - i seks måneder ble Joab og hele Israel der, til han hadde utryddet alle menn i Edom -
- OTB
- For Joab og hele Israel ble der i seks måneder, til han hadde utryddet alle menn i Edom.
- B1930
- - i seks måneder blev Joab og hele Israel der, til han hadde utryddet alle menn i Edom -