King James Version
1 Kings 11:16 in the King James Version says “(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)”
1 Kings 11:16 · KJV
And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.
For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom;
(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)
That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.
And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land.
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(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“For six”
H8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth
“remain”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“there with all Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“until he had cut off”
H3772to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e., make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutt
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“every male”
H2145properly, remembered, i.e., a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
“in Edom”
H123edom, the elder twin-brother of jacob; hence the region (idumaea) occupied by him
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