1 Kings 11:25

this is the mischief which Hadad did, and he was a bitter enemy of Israel, and he reigned in the land of Edom.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.

In Context

26And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the Ephraimite of Zeredah, the son of a widow, was servant of Solomon.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 23:7Thou shalt not speak peaceably or profitably to them all thy days forever.

1 Kings 5:4For he had dominion on this side the river, and he was at peace on all sides round about.

Psalms 106:40Contempt is poured upon their princes, 1 And he causes them to wander in a desert and trackless land. 1

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 11:15-26

Solomon's Adversaries. ( b. c. 980.) 14 And the Lord stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom. 15 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom; 16 (For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:) 17 That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little… Read the whole commentary →

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