13 Howbeit I will not rent all the kingdom, but will give one [a]tribe to thy son, because of David my servant, and because of Jerusalem which I have chosen.

14 ¶ Then the Lord stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, even Hadad the Edomite, of the king’s [b]seed, which was in Edom.

15 (A)For when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host had smitten all the males in Edom, and was gone up to bury the [c]slain,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 11:13 Because the tribes of Judah and Benjamin had their possessions mixed, they are here taken as one tribe.
  2. 1 Kings 11:14 Of the king of Edom’s stock.
  3. 1 Kings 11:15 Of the Edomites.

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