1 Kings 11:12-14
New King James Version
12 Nevertheless I will not do it in your days, for the sake of your father David; I will tear it out of the hand of your son. 13 (A)However I will not tear away the whole kingdom; I will give (B)one tribe to your son (C)for the sake of My servant David, and for the sake of Jerusalem (D)which I have chosen.”
Adversaries of Solomon
14 Now the Lord (E)raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was a descendant of the king in Edom.
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1 Kings 11:12-14
English Standard Version
12 Yet for the sake of David your father I will not do it in your days, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son. 13 However, (A)I will not tear away all the kingdom, but (B)I will give one tribe to your son, for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem (C)that I have chosen.”
14 And the Lord raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite. He was of the royal house in Edom.
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1 Kings 11:12-14
New American Standard Bible
12 However, I will not do it in your days, only for the sake of your father David; but I will tear it away from the hand of your son. 13 Yet (A)I will not tear away all the kingdom, but (B)I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David, and (C)for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”
God Raises Adversaries
14 Then the Lord raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of the [a]royal line in Edom.
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- 1 Kings 11:14 Lit king’s seed
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