13 Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom from him, but will give him one tribe(A) for the sake(B) of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”(C)

Solomon’s Adversaries

14 Then the Lord raised up against Solomon an adversary,(D) Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom. 15 Earlier when David was fighting with Edom, Joab the commander of the army, who had gone up to bury the dead, had struck down all the men in Edom.(E)

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13 Yet (A)I will not tear away all the kingdom, but (B)I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David, and (C)for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”

God Raises Adversaries

14 Then the Lord raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of the [a]royal line in Edom. 15 For it came about, (D)when David was in Edom and Joab the commander of the army had gone up to bury those killed in battle, and had (E)struck and killed every male in Edom

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 11:14 Lit king’s seed