16Joab and all the Israelites stayed there for six months, until they had destroyed all the men in Edom.


In Context

13 Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom from him, but will give him one tribe for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen."

14 Then the Lord raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom.

15 Earlier when David was fighting with Edom, Joab the commander of the army, who had gone up to bury the dead, had struck down all the men in Edom.

16 Joab and all the Israelites stayed there for six months, until they had destroyed all the men in Edom.

17 But Hadad, still only a boy, fled to Egypt with some Edomite officials who had served his father.

18 They set out from Midian and went to Paran. Then taking men from Paran with them, they went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house and land and provided him with food.

1st Kings 11:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:16(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:16(For Joab remained there six months with all Israel, till he had slain every male in Edom,)

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:16(for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom);

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:16(for Joab abode there six months with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom),

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:16(for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom;)

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:16(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:16(for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom);

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:16for six months did Joab abide there, and all Israel, till the cutting off of every male in Edom —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:16(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)