4. As Solomon grew old, his wives caused him to follow other gods. He did not follow the Lord completely as his father David had done.
5. Solomon worshiped Ashtoreth, the goddess of the people of Sidon. And he worshiped Molech, the hated god of the Ammonites.
6. So Solomon did what the Lord said was wrong. He did not follow the Lord completely as his father David had done.
7. On a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built two places for worship. He built a place to worship Chemosh, the hated god of the Moabites. And he built a place to worship Molech, the hated god of the Ammonites.
8. Solomon did the same thing for all of his foreign wives. So they burned incense and gave sacrifices to their gods.
9. The Lord had appeared to Solomon twice. But Solomon turned away from following the Lord, the God of Israel. So the Lord was angry with him.
10. The Lord had commanded Solomon not to follow other gods. But Solomon did not obey the Lord’s command.
11. So the Lord said to Solomon, “You have chosen to break your agreement with me. You have not obeyed my commands. So I promise I will tear your kingdom away from you. I will give it to one of your officers.
12. But I will not take it away while you are alive. This is because of my love for your father David. I will tear it away from your son when he becomes king.
13. But I will not tear away all the kingdom from him. I will leave him one tribe to rule. I will do this because of David, my servant. And I will do it because of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen.”
14. Now Hadad was a member of the family of the king of Edom. And the Lord caused Hadad the Edomite to become Solomon’s enemy.
15. Earlier, David had defeated Edom. Joab, the commander of David’s army, went into Edom to bury the dead. While he was there, he killed all the males.
16. Joab and all the Israelites stayed in Edom for six months. During that time they killed every male in Edom.
17. But at that time Hadad was only a young boy. So he ran away to Egypt with some of his father’s officers.
18. They left Midian and went to Paran. In Paran other men joined them. Then they all went to Egypt to see the king. He gave Hadad a house, some land and food to eat.