1 Kings 11:12-14

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹²Yet for the sake of David your father I will not do it in your days, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son. ¹³However I will not tear away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to your son, for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen.”

Adversaries of Solomon

¹⁴^[a]And the Lord raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the E′domite; he was of the royal house in Edom.

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Footnotes

11.14 Because of Solomon’s idolatry, God raised up enemies to the south (Edom), to the north (Damascus), and within the kingdom (Jeroboam).

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