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15 Now it happened that (A)when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander of the army had gone up to bury the slain, and had (B)struck down every male in Edom 16 (for Joab and all Israel stayed there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom), 17 that Hadad fled [a]to Egypt, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, while Hadad was a young boy.

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  1. 1 Kings 11:17 Lit to go into

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.(A) 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.

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