1 Kings 11:14
in 1 Kings 11Then the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom.
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ASV
And Jehovah raised up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king’s seed in Edom.
KJV
And the Lord stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king’s seed in Edom.
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This verse in 1 Kings 11
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThe adversary has no power against us unless God has previously permitted it, in order that all our fear and devotion and obedience may be turned to God, since in temptations nothing is permitted evil, unless the power is granted by God.… Moreover, power is given to evil against us according to our sins, as it is written: "Who has given Jacob for spoil and Israel to those who despoiled him?
This site's exposition
Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom
on 1 Kings 11:14-22
Hadad the Edomite is the first adversary the LORD raises against Solomon, a royal child who fled when Joab struck down “every male in Edom”. He grows up in Egypt. So the Egypt whose daughter Solomon married for peace shelters the man his father's war created.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And the Lord stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite,.... Though he did not take his kingdom from him for his sin, he chastised him with the rod of men, as he said he would; suffering one, and then another, to rise up and disturb his peace in his old age, see 2Sa 7:14. he was of the king's seed in Edom; of the blood royal.
Though they themselves were moved by principles of ambition or revenge, God made use of them to serve his design of correcting Solomon. The principal judgment threatened was deferred, namely, the rending of the kingdom from him, but he himself was made to fee the smart of the rod, for his greater humiliation.
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
The Lord stirred up an adversary - A satan, שטן. When he sent to Hiram to assist him in building the temple of the Lord, he could say, There was no satan, see 1Ki 5:4; and all his kingdom was in peace and security, - every man dwelt under his vine, and under his fig tree, 1Ki 4:25: but now that he had turned away from God, three satans rise up against him at once, Hadad, Rezon, and Jeroboam.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Then, having acquired great power, he at length became king in Damascus, threw off the yoke, and was "the adversary of Israel all the days of Solomon." He was succeeded by Hadad, whose successors took the official title of Ben-hadad from him, the illustrious founder of the powerful kingdom of Damascene-Syria.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The writer has reserved for this place the various troubles of Solomon’s reign, not allowing them to interrupt his previous narrative. He has, consequently, not followed chronological order. Hadad’s 1Ki 11:23 and Rezon’s opposition belong to the early years of Solomon’s reign. Hadad was a royal title (perhaps, the Syriac name for “the Sun”) both in Syria and in Idumaea (compare Gen 36:35; 1Ch 1:51).
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
Dovid was in Edom. Then Hadad fled from Dovid and Yoav. 4 Below v.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּ֨קֶם | vaiyakem | and he raised up | H6965 → | 628 times |
| יְהוָ֤ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| שָׂטָן֙ | satan | an adversary | H7854 → | 27 times |
| לִשְׁלֹמֹ֔ה | lishlomoh | to Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| אֵ֖ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הֲדַ֣ד | hadad | Hadad | H1908 → | 12 times |
| הָאֲדֹמִ֑י | haadomi | the Edomite | H130 → | 11 times |
| מִזֶּ֧רַע | mizera' | [was] one of [the] offspring | H2233 → | 229 times |
| הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| ה֖וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| בֶּאֱדֽוֹם׃ | beedom | in Edom | H123 → | 99 times |
וַיָּ֨קֶםand he raised up
vaiyakemH6965 →628 times
יְהוָ֤הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
שָׂטָן֙an adversary
satanH7854 →27 times
לִשְׁלֹמֹ֔הto Solomon
lishlomohH8010 →291 times
אֵ֖ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
הֲדַ֣דHadad
hadadH1908 →12 times
הָאֲדֹמִ֑יthe Edomite
haadomiH130 →11 times
מִזֶּ֧רַע[was] one of [the] offspring
mizera'H2233 →229 times
הַמֶּ֛לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
ה֖וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
בֶּאֱדֽוֹם׃in Edom
beedomH123 →99 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Samuel 24:1Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 21:1
Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 27:23–24
David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.
- 1 Chronicles 21:1
Through
2 Samuel 7:14I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
it leads to
- Hebrews 1:5
For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”?
- Revelation 3:19
Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
- 1 Chronicles 17:13
I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor.
- 1 Chronicles 28:6
And He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him as My son, and I will be his Father.
- Deuteronomy 8:5
So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
- Hebrews 1:5
Through
1 Chronicles 5:26So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 15:19
Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom.
- 2 Kings 15:19
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Cyprian, Treatise IV. On the Lord's Prayer 25; F. W. Farrar, The First Book of Kings (Expositor's Bible); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.