1 Kings 11:17

17 but Hadad fled to Egypt with some Edomites who were servants of his father. He was a young boy at that time.

1 Kings 11:17 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 11:17

That Hadad fled
While Joab was burying the slain:

he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him;
who either was a king, and these some of his officers and courtiers; or however was of the royal family, and had an equipage, and these some of them:

to go into Egypt;
that was their view at first setting out, where they might hope for help, at least shelter:

Hadad being yet a little child;
whom his father's servants hid, while Joab was making the slaughter he did, and took the opportunity of fleeing with him while he was burying the dead.

1 Kings 11:17 In-Context

15 For when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander of the army went up to bury the dead, he killed every male in Edom

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

17 but Hadad fled to Egypt with some Edomites who were servants of his father. He was a young boy at that time.

18 They set out from Midian and came to Paran; they took people with them from Paran and came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave him a house, assigned him an allowance of food, and gave him land.

19 Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him his sister-in-law for a wife, the sister of Queen Tahpenes.