it came to pass, &c. Compare 2 Samuel 8:3-13. Joab. Compare Psalms 60, title, and see note on 2 Samuel 8:13.
every male: i.e. who did not flee, as Hadad did. Supply Figure of speech Ellipsis (App-6), "every male [whom he found] in Edom". See 1 Kings 11:17.