Then the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh raised up an adversary to Solomon: Hadad the Edomite. He was one of the king’s offspring in Edom.
- KJV And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king’s seed in Edom.
- NKJV Now the Lord raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was a descendant of the king in Edom.
- NASB Then the Lord raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of the royal line in Edom.
- NLT Then the Lord raised up Hadad the Edomite, a member of Edom’s royal family, to be Solomon’s adversary.
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Quick answer
The LORD raised up Hadad the Edomite as an adversary against Solomon. It shows God beginning to discipline Solomon through external enemies.
Overview
As a consequence of Solomon's sin, God stirred up opposition in Hadad, a survivor of Edom's royal family. The peace that had marked Solomon's reign begins to fray. This verse reveals that God sovereignly raises up adversaries to chasten His people, and that the security Solomon enjoyed depended on a faithfulness he had now abandoned.
Cross-references & the web
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- 2 Sam 24:1Again 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.”
- Isa 10:26And 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.
- 1 Sam 26:19Now 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 today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’
- Isa 13:17Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.
- 1 Kgs 12:15So 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 Chr 5:26So 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, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.
- 2 Sam 7:14I 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.
- Isa 10:5Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
- Ps 89:30–34If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
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