1Kings:11:14-40
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And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon ,
Hadad the Edomite :
he was of the king '
s seed in Edom .
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For it came to pass ,
when David was in Edom ,
and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain ,
after he had smitten every male in Edom ;
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For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel ,
until he had cut off every male in Edom :)
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That Hadad fled ,
he and certain Edomites of his father '
s servants with him ,
to go into Egypt ;
Hadad being yet a little child .
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And they arose out of Midian ,
and came to Paran :
and they took men with them out of Paran ,
and they came to Egypt ,
unto Pharaoh king of Egypt ;
which gave him an house ,
and appointed him victuals ,
and gave him land .
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And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh ,
so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife ,
the sister of Tahpenes the queen .
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And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son ,
whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh '
s house :
and Genubath was in Pharaoh '
s household among the sons of Pharaoh .
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And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers ,
and that Joab the captain of the host was dead ,
Hadad said to Pharaoh ,
Let me depart ,
that I may go to mine own country .
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Then Pharaoh said unto him ,
But what hast thou lacked with me ,
that ,
behold ,
thou seekest to go to thine own country ?
And he answered ,
Nothing :
howbeit let me go in any wise .
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And God stirred him up another adversary ,
Rezon the son of Eliadah ,
which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah :
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And he gathered men unto him ,
and became captain over a band ,
when David slew them of Zobah :
and they went to Damascus ,
and dwelt therein ,
and reigned in Damascus .
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And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon ,
beside the mischief that Hadad did :
and he abhorred Israel ,
and reigned over Syria .
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And Jeroboam the son of Nebat ,
an Ephrathite of Zereda ,
Solomon '
s servant ,
whose mother '
s name was Zeruah ,
a widow woman ,
even he lifted up his hand against the king .
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And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king :
Solomon built Millo ,
and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father .
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And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour :
and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious ,
he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph .
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And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem ,
that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way ;
and he had clad himself with a new garment ;
and they two were alone in the field :
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And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him ,
and rent it in twelve pieces :
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And he said to Jeroboam ,
Take thee ten pieces :
for thus saith the LORD ,
the God of Israel ,
Behold ,
I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon ,
and will give ten tribes to thee :
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But he shall have one tribe for my servant David '
s sake ,
and for Jerusalem '
s sake ,
the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel :)
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Because that they have forsaken me ,
and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians ,
Chemosh the god of the Moabites ,
and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon ,
and have not walked in my ways ,
to do that which is right in mine eyes ,
and to keep my statutes and my judgments ,
as did David his father .
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Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand :
but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant '
s sake ,
whom I chose ,
because he kept my commandments and my statutes :
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But I will take the kingdom out of his son '
s hand ,
and will give it unto thee ,
even ten tribes .
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And unto his son will I give one tribe ,
that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem ,
the city which I have chosen me to put my name there .
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And I will take thee ,
and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth ,
and shalt be king over Israel .
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And it shall be ,
if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee ,
and wilt walk in my ways ,
and do that is right in my sight ,
to keep my statutes and my commandments ,
as David my servant did ;
that I will be with thee ,
and build thee a sure house ,
as I built for David ,
and will give Israel unto thee .
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And I will for this afflict the seed of David ,
but not for ever .
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Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam .
And Jeroboam arose ,
and fled into Egypt ,
unto Shishak king of Egypt ,
and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon .
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