Then the Lord raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of the royal line in 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.
- BSB Then the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom.
- NKJV Now the Lord raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was a descendant of the king 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 Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, “Go, count Israel and Judah.”
- Isa 10:26Yahweh of Armies will stir up a scourge against him, as in the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb. His rod will be over the sea, and he will lift it up like he did against Egypt.
- 1 Sam 26:19Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is so that Yahweh has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, they are cursed before Yahweh; for they have driven me out today that I shouldn’t cling to Yahweh’s inheritance, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods!’
- Isa 13:17Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who will not value silver, and as for gold, they will not delight in it.
- 1 Kgs 12:15So the king didn’t listen to the people; for it was a thing brought about from Yahweh, that he might establish his word, which Yahweh spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
- 1 Chr 5:26So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and to the river of Gozan, to this day.
- 2 Sam 7:14I will be his father, and he will be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;
- Isa 10:5Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!
- Ps 89:30–34If his children forsake my law, and don’t walk in my ordinances;
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