1 Reis 11:14-22, 1 Reis 11:23-25, 1 Reis 11:26-40 NVIPT

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 11:17

That Hadad fled [This word excludes the idea that he was carried off in infancy by servants, something like Joash, 2 Kings 11:2 ], he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt [cf. Matthew 2:13 ]; Hadad being yet a little child. [The words used of Solomon 1 Kings 3:7 .] read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 11:18

And they arose out of Midian [a name of wide and somewhat varied significance. Midian embraces the eastern portion of the peninsula of Sinai ( Exodus 2:15 , Exodus 2:21 ; Exodus 3:1 ), and stretches along the eastern border of Palestine. The term has been compared with our "Arabia." And the indefiniteness arises in both instances from the same cause, viz; that the country was almost entirely desert . Midian would thus extend along the back or east of Edom. There is no need,... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 11:19

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 [ LXX . θεκεμίνα . "No name that has any near resemblance to either Tahpenes or Thekemina has yet been found among those of the period". Rawlinson adds that the monuments of that age are extremely scanty] the queen . [Heb. גְּבִירָה the word generally used of the queen mother (as in 1 Kings 15:13 ). Here, and in 2 Kings 10:13 , however, it is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 11:20

And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son [otherwise unknown], whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house [A significant token of his adoption into the royal family. The weaning, which generally took place in the second, sometimes third, (2 Macc. 7:27) year,was clearly a much more marked occasion in the ancient East than it is among ourselves ( Genesis 21:8 ; 1 Samuel 1:24 ) ]: and Genubath was in Pharaoh's household among the sons of Pharaoh. [ i.e. he was brought up in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 11:21

And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead [It comes out very significantly here what a name of terror Joab's had been in Edom and how deep was the impression which his bloody vengeance of a quarter of a century before had made] Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart [Heb. send me away ] , that I may go to mine own country. [Rawlinson cites Herod. 3:132-137; 5:25, 35, 106, 107, to show that refugees at Oriental... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 11:22

Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? [The natural inquiry of Eastern courtesy.] And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise. [Heb. thou shalt surely send me away . Rawlinson says, "There is a remarkable abruptness in this termination." But we must remember how unfinished, to our eyes, Scripture narratives constantly seem. There is no need, consequently, to suspect any accidental omission from... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 11:14

The writer has reserved for this place the various troubles of Solomon’s reign, not allowing them to interrupt his previous narrative. He has, consequently, not followed chronological order. Hadad’s 1 Kings 11:23 and Rezon’s opposition belong to the early years of Solomon’s reign.Hadad was a royal title (perhaps, the Syriac name for “the Sun”) both in Syria and in Idumaea (compare Genesis 36:35; 1 Chronicles 1:51). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 11:15

The verse gives certain additional particulars of David’s conquest of Edom (marginal references). Joab was left, or sent, to complete the subjugation of the country, with orders to exterminate all the grown male inhabitants. It was not very often that David acted with any extreme severity in his wars; but he may have considered himself justified by policy, as he certainly was by the letter of the Law Deuteronomy 20:13, in adopting this fierce course against Edom.Was in Edom - Or, according to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 11:16

Every male in Edom - i. e., every male whom he could find. As did Hadad and his company 1 Kings 11:17, so others would escape in various directions. The Edomite nation was not destroyed on the occasion. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 11:18

Midian - A town in the south of Judah. Paran is the desert tract immediately to the south of Judaea, the modern desert of et-Tih.Pharaoh - King of the twenty-first (Tanite) dynasty; probably he was Psusennes I, Manetho’s second king. It appears to have been the policy of the Pharaohs about this time to make friends and contract alliances with their eastern neighbors. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 11:17

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 11:18

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 11:19

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 11:20

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 11:21

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 11:22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 11:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 11:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 11:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 11:18

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