a11:14-40
b11:40
c11:14-22
d2 Sam 8:13-14
e1 Chr 18:13-14

‏ 1 Kings 11:14

Summary for 1Kgs 11:14-40: 11:14-40  a God delivered Solomon’s punishment through three political adversaries, Hadad, Rezon, and Jeroboam (see 11:40  b).
Summary for 1Kgs 11:14-22: 11:14-22  c Solomon’s first adversary was Hadad. David had fought against the Edomites and defeated them with a great slaughter (2 Sam 8:13-14  d; 1 Chr 18:13-14  e). Hadad was the only member of the Edomite royal house to survive and escape. He had gone to Egypt with a number of followers, where the Egyptian king received him as a potential ally and gave him his wife’s sister in marriage. When David and ... Joab died, Hadad returned to Edom, awaiting an opportunity to retaliate against Israel.
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