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"The LORD brought against Solomon an enemy, Hadad the Edomite, a descendant of the Edomite king."
— 1 Kings 11:14, NET Bible
“And the Lord stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king’s seed in Edom.”
“And Jehovah raised up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king’s seed in Edom. ”
“Yahweh raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.”
“And the Lord raised up an adversary to Solomon, Adad, the Edomite, of the king's seed, in Edom.”
“So the Lord sent Hadad the Edomite to make trouble for Solomon: he was of the king's seed in Edom.”
“And the Lord stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king’s seed in Edom.”
So the LORD said to Solomon,“Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.
However, for your father David’s sake I will not do this while you are alive. I will tear it away from your son’s hand instead.
But I will not tear away the entire kingdom; I will leave your son one tribe for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of my chosen city Jerusalem.”
The LORD brought against Solomon an enemy, Hadad the Edomite, a descendant of the Edomite king.
During David’s campaign against Edom, Joab, the commander of the army, while on a mission to bury the dead, killed every male in Edom.
For Joab and the entire Israelite army stayed there six months until they had exterminated every male in Edom.
Hadad, who was only a small boy at the time, escaped with some of his father’s Edomite servants and headed for Egypt.