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13 I will not tear away all the kingdom from him, but I will leave him one tribe to rule. I will do this because of David, my servant, and because of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen.”

Solomon’s Enemies

14 The Lord caused Hadad the Edomite, a member of the family of the king of Edom, to become Solomon’s enemy. 15 Earlier, David had defeated Edom. When Joab, the commander of David’s army, went into Edom to bury the dead, he killed all the males.

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