But Hadad and a few of his father’s royal officials escaped and headed for Egypt. (Hadad was just a boy at the time.)
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.
- KJV That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet 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.
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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 4:4Now Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the news came about Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel; and his nurse picked him up and fled. As she hurried to flee, he fell and became lame. 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 away from among the king’s sons who were slain, even him and his nurse, and put them in the bedroom; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
- Matt 2:13–14Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.”
- Exod 2:1–10A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife.
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