“For when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the army had gone up to bury the slain, and had struck every male in Edom”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Kings 11 contains 43 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.