God Raises Adversaries

14 Then the Lord raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of the [a]royal line in Edom. 15 For it came about, (A)when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander of the army had gone up to bury the slain, and had (B)struck down every male in Edom 16 (for Joab and all Israel stayed there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom),

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 11:14 Lit king’s seed

Solomon’s Adversaries

14 Then the Lord raised up against Solomon an adversary,(A) 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.(B) 16 Joab and all the Israelites stayed there for six months, until they had destroyed all the men in Edom.

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