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down every male in Edom), that Hadad fled
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JUNE 1 to go to Egypt, he and certain Edomites of his
father’s servants with him. Hadad was still a
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little child. Then they arose from Midian and
came to Paran; and they took men with them
1 Kings 11:1–12:33
from Paran and came to Egypt, to Pharaoh
But King Solomon loved many foreign king of Egypt, who gave him a house, appor-
11 women, as well as the daughter of tioned food for him, and gave him land. And
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Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Hadad found great favor in the sight of
Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites— from the Pharaoh, so that he gave him as wife the sister
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nations of whom the LORD had said to the chil- of his own wife, that is, the sister of Queen
dren of Israel, “You shall not intermarry with Tahpenes. Then the sister of Tahpenes bore
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them, nor they with you. Surely they will turn him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes
away your hearts after their gods.” Solomon weaned in Pharaoh’s house. And Genubath
clung to these in love. And he had seven hun- was in Pharaoh’s household among the sons of
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dred wives, princesses, and three hundred Pharaoh.
concubines; and his wives turned away his 21 So when Hadad heard in Egypt that David
heart. For it was so, when Solomon was old, rested with his fathers, and that Joab the com-
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that his wives turned his heart after other mander of the army was dead, Hadad said to
gods; and his heart was not loyal to the LORD Pharaoh, “Let me depart, that I may go to my
his God, as was the heart of his father David. own country.”
For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the god- Then Pharaoh said to him, “But what have
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dess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the you lacked with me, that suddenly you seek to
abomination of the Ammonites. Solomon did go to your own country?”
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evil in the sight of the LORD, and did not fully So he answered, “Nothing, but do let me go
follow the LORD, as did his father David. Then anyway.”
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Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the 23 And God raised up another adversary
abomination of Moab, on the hill that is east of against him, Rezon the son of Eliadah, who
Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of had fled from his lord, Hadadezer king of
the people of Ammon. And he did likewise for Zobah. So he gathered men to him and
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all his foreign wives, who burned incense and became captain over a band of raiders, when
sacrificed to their gods. David killed those of Zobah. And they went to
So the LORD became angry with Solomon, Damascus and dwelt there, and reigned in Da-
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because his heart had turned from the LORD mascus. He was an adversary of Israel all the
God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice, days of Solomon (besides the trouble that
and had commanded him concerning this Hadad caused); and he abhorred Israel, and
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thing, that he should not go after other gods; reigned over Syria.
but he did not keep what the LORD had com- 26 Then Solomon’s servant, Jeroboam the son
manded. Therefore the LORD said to Sol- of Nebat, an Ephraimite from Zereda, whose
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omon, “Because you have done this, and have mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow, also re-
not kept My covenant and My statutes, which belled against the king.
I have commanded you, I will surely tear the 27 And this is what caused him to rebel
kingdom away from you and give it to your against the king: Solomon had built the Millo
servant. Nevertheless I will not do it in your
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days, for the sake of your father David; I will
tear it out of the hand of your son. However I
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will not tear away the whole kingdom; I will
give one tribe to your son for the sake of My 11:26 Jeroboam the son of Nebat. In contrast
servant David, and for the sake of Jerusalem to Hadad and Rezon, who were external adver-
saries of Solomon, God raised up Jeroboam
which I have chosen.”
Now the LORD raised up an adversary Jeroboam was from Ephraim, the leading tribe
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against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of Israel’s northern 10 tribes. He was a young
a descendant of the king in Edom. For it hap- man of talent and energy who, having been
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pened, when David was in Edom, and Joab the appointed by Solomon as leader over the build-
commander of the army had gone up to bury ing works around Jerusalem, rose to public
the slain, after he had killed every male in notice.
Edom 16 (because for six months Joab
remained there with all Israel, until he had cut
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