The Lord’s anger burned against Israel again, and he stirred up David against them to say, ‘Go, count the people of Israel and Judah.’
1 Kings 11:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised So the Lord raised up Hadad the Edomite as an enemy against Solomon. He was of the royal family in Edom. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Lord stirred up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of royal descent in Edom. American Standard Version (1901) And Jehovah raised up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king’s seed in Edom. Common English Bible So the LORD raised up an opponent for Solomon: Hadad the Edomite from the royal line of Edom. Catholic Public Domain Version Then the Lord raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad of Idumea, from an offspring of the king who was in Idumea. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Lord raised up an adversary to Solomon, Adad the Edomite of the king's seed, in Edom. |
The Lord’s anger burned against Israel again, and he stirred up David against them to say, ‘Go, count the people of Israel and Judah.’
I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with a rod of men and blows from mortals.
Yet I will not tear the entire kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem that I chose.’
Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab, the commander of the army, had gone to bury the dead and had struck down every male in Edom.
God raised up Rezon son of Eliada as an enemy against Solomon. Rezon had fled from his master King Hadadezer of Zobah
The king did not listen to the people, because this turn of events came from the Lord to carry out his word, which the Lord had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
So the God of Israel roused the spirit of King Pul (that is, Tiglath-pileser ) of Assyria, and he took the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh into exile. He took them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and Gozan’s river, where they are until today.
And the Lord of Armies will brandish a whip against him as he did when he struck Midian at the rock of Oreb; and he will raise his staff over the sea as he did in Egypt.
Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger – the staff in their hands is my wrath.
Look! I am stirring up the Medes against them, who cannot be bought off with silver and who have no desire for gold.
Edom will become a possession; Seir will become a possession of its enemies, but Israel will be triumphant.
Now, may my lord the king please hear the words of his servant: If it is the Lord who has incited you against me, then may he accept an offering. But if it is people, may they be cursed in the presence of the Lord, for today they have banished me from sharing in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, “Go and worship other gods.”