King James Version
1 Kings 11:17 in the King James Version says “That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little c...” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.”
1 Kings 11:17 · KJV
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.
And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
KJV Study — Public Domain
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“of his father's”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
“Hadad”
H1908hadad, the name of an idol, and of several kings of edom, possibly a royal title
“child”
H5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit
“being yet a little”
H6996abbreviated, i.e., diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
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