(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)
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Interpretation
While Solomon kept close to God and to his duty, there was no enemy to give him uneasiness; but here we have an account of two. If against us, he can make us fear even the least, and the very grasshopper shall be a burden.
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This thought runs through 1 Kings 11:14-18.
Glossary
- Edom Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Buseira.
- Joab Person
- Jehovah is his father. (1. ) One of the three sons of Zeruiah, David’s sister, and “captain of the host” during the whole of David’s reign ( 2 Sam. 2:13 ; 10:7 ; 11:1 ; 1 Kings 11:15 ).