“And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.”
King James Version (KJV)
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
11:14-25 While Solomon kept close to God and to his duty, there was no enemy to give him uneasiness; but here we have an account of two. If against us, he can make us fear even the least, and the very grasshopper shall be a burden. Though they were moved by principles of ambition or revenge, God used them to correct Solomon.
“And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.”
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