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1 Kings 11:151Kgs.11.15

For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom;

KJV

Hebrew original

וַ/יְהִ֗י בִּֽ/הְי֤וֹת דָּוִד֙ אֶת אֱד֔וֹם בַּ/עֲל֗וֹת יוֹאָב֙ שַׂ֣ר הַ/צָּבָ֔א לְ/קַבֵּ֖ר אֶת הַ/חֲלָלִ֑ים וַ/יַּ֥ךְ כָּל זָכָ֖ר בֶּ/אֱדֽוֹם

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Dans le temps où David battit Edom, Joab, chef de l'armée, étant monté pour enterrer les morts, tua tous les mâles qui étaient en Edom;

KJV

For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom;

Patristic reading

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    Patrologia Latina Vol. 125 (Migne)

    dispersit, et propter justitiam David regis, lucernam de semine ejus semper in Jerusalem reliquit (III Reg. XI, 15) . Ecce quantum justitia regis saeculo valet, intuentibus perspicue patet. Pax populorum est tutamentum patriae, immunitas plebis, munimentum gentis, cura languorum…

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