1 Kings 11:14

_AND THE LORD STIRRED UP AN ADVERSARY UNTO SOLOMON, HADAD THE EDOMITE: HE WAS OF THE KING'S SEED IN EDOM._ The Lord stirred up an adversary ... Hadad the Edomite х_ HªDAD_ (H1908), or _ 'ADAD_ (H1908) (1 Kings 11:17); Septuagint, Adad (the dynasty of the Hadads continued until the reign of David, the last sovereign being probably the Hadad, not Hadar, mentioned Genesis 36:39, and also in 1 Chronicles 1:50; the grandfather of the prince who is mentioned here)] - "stirred up," i:e., permitted him, through the impulse of his own ambition or revenge, to attack Israel. During the war of extermination w

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....

Verse 1 Kings 11:14. _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 1 Kings 5:4; and all his kingdom was in peace and security, - _every than dwelt under his_ _vine, and under his fig tree_, 1 Kings 4:25: but now that he had turned away from God, three _satans_ rise up against him at once, _Hadad, Rezon_, and _Jeroboam_....

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 1 Kings 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 Genesis 36:35; 1 Chronicles 1:51)....

EXPOSITION SOLOMON'S ADVERSARIES.—As the historian has collected together in 1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1; 1 Kings 8:1, all the information he can convey respecting the _temple, _and in 1 Kings 9:1; 1 Kings 10:1. all the scattered notices respecting Solomon's _power _and _greatness, _so here he arranges in one section the history of Solomon's _adversaries_._ _It must not be supposed that the following records stand in due chronological order. The enmities here mentioned did no

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 2 Samuel 7:14 HE WAS OF THE KING'S SEED IN EDOM; of the blood royal....

7. SOLOMON'S FAILURE: JUDGMENT ANNOUNCED AND THE BEGINNING OF DISRUPTION CHAPTER 11 _ 1. Solomon's polygamy and departure from God (1 Kings 11:1)_ 2. Hadad the Edomite (1 Kings 11:14) 3. Rezon the second adversary (1 Kings 11:23) 4. Jeroboam (1 Kings 11:26) 5. Solomon's reign and death (1 Kings 11:41) “But--.” An ominous word with which this chapter begins. It introduces us to the sad picture of Solomon's great apostasy. “He shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people

SIN OF SOLOMON, AND THE ADVERSARIES RAISED UP IN CONSEQUENCE. From various differences in the arrangement of the earlier verses in the LXX and Heb., it has been supposed that in its original form the narrative merely recorded the fact that Solomon had a number of wives, and that he built sanctuaries and offered sacrifice to their gods. In its present form the influence of a Deuteronomic editor is unmistakable. But the account of Solomon's adversaries (1 Kings 11:14 ff.) must be derived from an earlier source; and even as it stands does not necessarily mean that they were raised up in punishment of his sin. Hadad, the Edomite (1 Kings 11:14) must have troubled him early in his reign (1 Kings 11:21 f.), and Rezon wa

AN ADVERSARY. a Satan....

Hadad the Edomite raised up as an adversary to Solomon (Not in Chronicles) 14. _And the Lord stirred up an adversary unto Solomon_ In David's time Edom had been reduced, but in the later days of Solomon, when his heart was turned away, an opportunity is offered for the representative of Edom to seek to recover his kingdom. This was not unnatural, for the conduct of Solomon may be presumed to have estranged some of his own subjects. The writer, regarding Jehovah as ruler of the world, speaks of this occurrence as brought about by Him. He raised up the adversary. The Hebrew word for -adversary" is here -Satan," which the LXX. merely transliterates καὶ ἤγειρε κύριος Σατὰν τῷ Σαλωμών. _Hadad the Edomite_ Hadad was apparently a common name among the Edomite royal family. We find it (Genesis 36:36) among the list of early Edomite kings, and three verses later, _Hadar_,