1-2. The Lord did not want the Israelites to worship foreign gods, so he had warned them not to marry anyone who was not from Israel.Solomon loved his wife, the daughter of the king of Egypt. But he also loved some women from Moab, Ammon, and Edom, and others from Sidon and the land of the Hittites.
11. and he said to Solomon:You did what you wanted and not what I told you to do. Now I'm going to take your kingdom from you and give it to one of your officials.
12. But because David was your father, you will remain king as long as you live. I will wait until your son becomes king, then I will take the kingdom from him.
13. When I do, I will still let him rule one tribe, because I have not forgotten that David was my servant and Jerusalem is my city.
14. Hadad was from the royal family of Edom, and here is how the Lord made him Solomon's enemy:
15-16. Some time earlier, when David conquered the nation of Edom, Joab his army commander went there to bury those who had died in battle. Joab and his soldiers stayed in Edom six months, and during that time they killed every man and boy who lived there.