1 Kings 11:14 “Then the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomit…”

1 Kings 11:14

Then the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king’s seed in Edom.

World English Bible

The LORD raised up an adversary to Solomon: Hadad the Edomite. He was one of the king’s offspring in Edom.

American Standard Version

And Jehovah raised up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king’s seed in Edom.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then the Lord stirred vp an aduersarie vnto Salomon, euen Hadad the Edomite, of the Kings seede, which was in Edom.

Darby Translation

And Jehovah stirred up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of the king's seed in Edom.

Young's Literal Translation

And Jehovah raiseth up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; of the seed of the king [is] he in Edom;

Bible in Basic English

So the Lord sent Hadad the Edomite to make trouble for Solomon: he was of the king's seed in Edom.

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Cross references

“the Lord”

1 Kings 12:15 1 Samuel 26:19 2 Samuel 24:1 1 Chronicles 5:26 Isaiah 10:26 Isaiah 13:17

1 Kings 12:15 · BSB

So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.

1 Samuel 26:19 · BSB

Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For toda…

2 Samuel 24:1 · BSB

Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”

1 Chronicles 5:26 · BSB

So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, H…

Isaiah 10:26 · BSB

And the LORD of Hosts will brandish a whip against them, as when He struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will raise His staff over the sea, as He did in Egypt.

Isaiah 13:17 · BSB

Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.

“an adversary”

2 Samuel 7:14 Psalm 89:30–34

2 Samuel 7:14 · BSB

I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.

Psalm 89:30–34 · BSB

If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”

15Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab the commander of the army had gone to bury the dead and had struck down every male in Edom.

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