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

New Defender's Study Bible Notes

11:16 every male in Edom. This attempt of David and Joab to “cut off every male in Edom” probably refers only to the men of war. Many others were taken into captivity (II Samuel 8:14). Also many Edomites escaped to Egypt, including Hadad.


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