1 Kings 11:21 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.”
1 Kings 11:21 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Kings 11:21 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Kings 11:21 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“When Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the army was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, “Let me depart, that I may go to my own country.””
1 Kings 11:21 — World English Bible
1 Kings 11:21 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.”
1 Kings 11:21 — American Standard Version
1 Kings 11:21 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And Hadad hath heard in Egypt that David hath lain with his fathers, and that Joab head of the host is dead, and Hadad saith unto Pharaoh, `Send me away, and I go unto my land.'”
1 Kings 11:21 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Kings 11:21 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead; and Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.”
1 Kings 11:21 — Darby Translation
1 Kings 11:21 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And when Hadad heard in Egypt, that Dauid slept with his fathers, and that Ioab the captaine of the hoste was dead, Hadad sayde to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may goe to mine owne countrey.”
1 Kings 11:21 — Geneva Bible
1 Kings 11:21 in Context — 1 Kings 11
19 And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
20 And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s household among the sons of Pharaoh.
21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.
22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.
23 And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:
What Does 1 Kings 11:21 Mean?
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