15 (A)For when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host had smitten all the males in Edom, and was gone up to bury the [a]slain,

16 (For six months did Joab remain there and all Israel, till he had destroyed all the males in Edom.)

17 Then this Hadad [b]fled, and certain other Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt, Hadad being yet a little child.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 11:15 Of the Edomites.
  2. 1 Kings 11:17 Thus God reserved this idolater to be a scourge to punish his people’s sins.

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