17 But Hadad, still only a boy, fled to Egypt with some Edomite officials who had served his father.
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 But Hadad fled to Egypt, together with certain Edomites of his father's servants, Hadad still being a little child.
17 Hadad, just a boy at the time, had escaped with some of the Edomites who had worked for his father.
17 that Hadad fled to go to Egypt, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him. Hadad was still a little child.
17 But Hadad and a few of his father's royal officials escaped and headed for Egypt. (Hadad was just a boy at the time.)
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Kings 11:17
Commentary on 1 Kings 11:14-25
(Read 1 Kings 11:14-25)
While Solomon kept close to God and to his duty, there was no enemy to give him uneasiness; but here we have an account of two. If against us, he can make us fear even the least, and the very grasshopper shall be a burden. Though they were moved by principles of ambition or revenge, God used them to correct Solomon.