That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.
Parallel translations
- WEB Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt, when Hadad was still a little child.
- BSB But Hadad, still just a young boy, had fled to Egypt, along with some Edomites who were servants of his father.
- NKJV that Hadad fled to go to Egypt, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him. Hadad was still a little child.
- NASB that Hadad fled to Egypt, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, while Hadad was a young boy.
- NLT But Hadad and a few of his father’s royal officials escaped and headed for Egypt. (Hadad was just a boy at the time.)
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Quick answer
As a young child, Hadad escaped to Egypt with some of his father's servants. It traces how the future adversary survived and found refuge.
Overview
Spared because of his youth, Hadad fled the slaughter and made his way toward Egypt with loyal attendants. His preservation set the stage for his later role as Solomon's enemy. The account quietly shows God's sovereignty even over the survival of an enemy, preserving Hadad for the appointed moment of Solomon's chastening.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- 2 Sam 4:4And Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.
- 2 Kgs 11:2But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
- Matt 2:13–14And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
- Exod 2:1–10And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
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