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13 For the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, I won’t tear away the entire kingdom. I’ll leave one tribe for your son to govern.”[a]

Solomon’s Enemies

14 After this, the Lord allowed[b] Hadad the Edomite to oppose Solomon. He was part of the royal line of Edom. 15 During David’s military campaign against Edom, when his army commander Joab had gone out to bury the dead, he killed every male in Edom.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 11:13 The Heb. lacks to govern
  2. 1 Kings 11:14 Lit. raised up