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1 Kings 11:10-14 New English Translation (NET)

10. and had warned him about this very thing, so that he would not follow other gods. But he did not obey the Lord’s command.

11. So the Lord said to Solomon, “Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

12. However, for your father David’s sake I will not do this while you are alive. I will tear it away from your son’s hand instead.

13. But I will not tear away the entire kingdom; I will leave your son one tribe for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of my chosen city Jerusalem.”

14. The Lord brought against Solomon an enemy, Hadad the Edomite, a descendant of the Edomite king.

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