Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 11:17
That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad [being] yet a little child.
17. Hadad fled ] Here the Hebrew text by an error of the scribe gives Adad as the name. Or is it because the aspirate gave people trouble then as now?
his father’s servants ] This seems conclusive that Hadad’s father had been king of Edom. The LXX. says all his father’s servants escaped with him.
to go into Egypt ] In David’s days, Egypt was not, as it became in the reign of Solomon, closely bound up with the interests of Israel. Hence the defeated Edomites could look for a refuge there.
Hadad being yet a little child ] Solomon uses the same expression of himself in 1Ki 3:7. It implies youth, but not necessarily infancy.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 17. Hadad being yet a little child.] naar katan, a little boy; one who was apprehensive of his danger, and could, with his father’s servants, make his escape: not an infant.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
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.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
1Ki 11:17 That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad [being] yet a little child.
Ver. 17. That Hadad fled. ] So did Muleasses, king of Tunis, to Charles V, who protected him: so did Zemes, the great Turk’s younger brother, to the Pope, who for money betrayed him into the hands of the tyrant.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Hadad: Exo 2:1-10, 2Sa 4:4, 2Ki 11:2, Mat 2:13, Mat 2:14
a little child: Naar katon, rather, “a little boy:” one who was apprehensive of his danger, and could, with his father’s servants, make his escape.
Reciprocal: Deu 11:29 – General
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
11:17 That Hadad {k} fled, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad [being] yet a little child.
(k) Thus God reserved this idolater as scourge to punish his people’s sins.