1 Kings 11:16

16 Joab and all the Israelites stayed there for six months, until they had destroyed all the men in Edom.

1 Kings 11:16 in Other Translations

16 (For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)

16 (for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom).

16 Joab and the army of Israel had stayed there for six months, killing them.

16 Joab and his army stayed there for six months, making sure they had killed every man in Edom.

16 For Joab and all Israel had remained there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom.

1 Kings 11:16 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 11:16

For six months did Joab remain with all Israel
With the whole army:

until he had cut off every male in Edom;
as he supposed; for it was not fact, since after this they increased again, and became a powerful people, and had a king over them, and revolted from Judah, ( 2 Kings 8:20-22 ) .

1 Kings 11:16 In-Context

14 Then the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom.

15 Earlier when David was fighting with Edom, Joab the commander of the army, who had gone up to bury the dead, had struck down all the men in Edom.

16 Joab and all the Israelites stayed there for six months, until they had destroyed all the men in Edom.

17 But Hadad, still only a boy, fled to Egypt with some Edomite officials who had served his father.

18 They set out from Midian and went to Paran. Then taking people from Paran with them, they went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house and land and provided him with food.