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1 Kings 11:15
1 Kings 11:15 is verse 15 of 1 Kings chapter 11, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab the commander of the army had gone to bury the dead and had struck down every male in Edom.
King James Version
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;
World English Bible
For when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the army had gone up to bury the slain, and had struck every male in Edom
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1 Kings 11:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible
13 Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David 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 in Edom, Joab the commander of the army had gone to bury the dead and had struck down every male in Edom.
16 Joab and all Israel had stayed there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom.
17 But Hadad, still just a young boy, had fled to Egypt, along with some Edomites who were servants of his father.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Samuel 8:14He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
1 Chronicles 18:12Moreover, Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
1 Chronicles 18:13He placed garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
Psalms 60:1You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!
Psalms 108:10Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
Genesis 25:23and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”
Genesis 27:40You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”
Numbers 24:18Edom will become a possession, as will Seir, his enemy; but Israel will perform with valor.
Numbers 24:19A ruler will come from Jacob and destroy the survivors of the city.”
Deuteronomy 20:13When the LORD your God has delivered it into your hand, you must put every male to the sword.
Malachi 1:2“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,
Malachi 1:3but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”
Numbers 31:17So now, kill all the boys, as well as every woman who has had relations with a man,