World English Bible
1 Kings 11:14
“Yahweh raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.”
Verse in context — 1 Kings 11
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Notwithstanding I will not do it in your days, for David your father's sake; but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
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However I will not tear away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to your son, for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
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Yahweh raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.
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For it happened, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the army was gone up to bury the slain, and had struck every male in Edom
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(for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom);
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Solomon’s reign, the temple’s construction, and the kingdom’s division.
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