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 which Joab carried on in Edom (2 Samuel 8:13), this Hadad, of the royal family [na`ar qaaTaan; Septuagint, paidarion mikron], a mere boy when rescued from the sword of the ruthless conqueror, was carried into Egypt, hospitably entertained, and became allied with the house of the Egyptian king.

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