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.

That Hadad {H111} fled {H1272}, he and certain {H582} Edomites {H130} of his father's {H1} servants {H5650} with him, to go {H935} into Egypt {H4714}; Hadad {H1908} being yet a little {H6996} child {H5288}.

Hadad had fled, he and a number of Edomi servants of his father's with him, and gone into Egypt; at the time Hadad had been but a small boy.

But Hadad, still just a young boy, had fled to Egypt, along with some Edomites who were servants of his father.

that Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt, Hadad being yet a little child.

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Cross-References

  • 2 Kings 11:2 (2 votes)

    But 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.

  • Matthew 2:13 (2 votes)

    ¶ And 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.

  • Matthew 2:14 (2 votes)

    When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:

  • Exodus 2:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took [to wife] a daughter of Levi.

  • Exodus 2:10 (2 votes)

    And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.

  • 2 Samuel 4:4 (2 votes)

    And 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.