1 Kings 11:14; 1 Kings 11:17; 1 Kings 11:19; 1 Kings 11:21; 1 Kings 11:25 (New American Standard)

God Raises Adversaries

14 Then the LORD raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite ; he was of the royal line in Edom. 17 that Hadad fled to Egypt, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, while Hadad was a young boy. 19 Now Hadad found great favor before Pharaoh, so that he gave him in marriage the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen. 21 But when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers and that Joab the commander of the army was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, "Send me away, that I may go to my own country." 25 So he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, along with the evil that Hadad did; and he abhorred Israel and reigned over Aram.