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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Gill's Exposition
For it came to pass, when David was in Edom,.... Fighting with the Edomites, and subduing them, and putting garrisons in the land, Sa2 8:14.
and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the…
Barnes' Notes
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…
Adam Clarke
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 Kg1 5:4; and all his kingdom was in peace…
While Solomon kept closely to God and to his duty there was no adversary nor evil occurrent (Kg1 5:4), nothing to create him any disturbance or uneasiness in the least; but here we have an account of…
Cambridge Bible
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…
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