Graphic Bible · Scene 7 of 19

Joab’s six-month campaign shown soberly as young Hadad flees with Edomite servants; no gore.
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1 Kings 11:15-17

Edom’s slaughter and the child’s flight

Solomon’s Divided Allegiance · 1 Kings 11

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15And it happened, when David was in Edom, when Joab the commander of the army had gone up to bury the slain, that he struck down every male in Edom—

16For Joab and all Israel had remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom.

17Hadad fled to Egypt, he and some Edomite men from among his father's servants with him; and Hadad was a young boy.

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