1 Kings 11:16

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 So the Lord raised up Hadad the Edomite as an enemy against Solomon. He was of the royal family in 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 For Joab and all Israel had remained there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom.

17 Hadad fled to Egypt, along with some Edomites from his father's servants. At the time Hadad was a small boy.

18 Hadad and his men set out from Midian and went to Paran. They took men with them from Paran and went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house, ordered that he [be given] food, and gave him land.