6. Solomon's father had obeyed the Lord with all his heart, but Solomon disobeyed and did what the Lord hated.
7. Solomon built shrines on a hill east of Jerusalem to worship Chemosh the disgusting god of Moab, and Molech the disgusting god of Ammon.
8. In fact, he built a shrine for each of his foreign wives, so all of them could burn incense and offer sacrifices to their own gods.
9-10. The Lord God of Israel had appeared to Solomon twice and warned him not to worship foreign gods. But Solomon disobeyed and did it anyway. This made the Lord very angry,
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.
17-19. Hadad was a boy at the time, but he escaped to Midian with some of his father's officials. At Paran some other men joined them, and they went to the king of Egypt. The king liked Hadad and gave him food, some land, and a house, and even let him marry the sister of Queen Tahpenes.
20. Hadad and his wife had a son named Genubath, and the queen let the boy grow up in the palace with her own children.
21. When Hadad heard that David and Joab were dead, he said to the king, “Your Majesty, please let me go back to my own country.”
22. “Why?” asked the king. “Do you want something I haven't given you?”“No, I just want to go home.”
23. Here is how God made Rezon son of Eliada an enemy of Solomon:Rezon had run away from his master, King Hadadezer of Zobah.