13 However, (A)I will not tear away all the kingdom, but (B)I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and (C)for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen.”

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, (D)when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander of the army had gone up to bury the slain, and had (E)struck down every male in Edom

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 11:14 Lit king’s seed