New American Standard Bible

1 Kings 11:11-16 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

11. So the Lord said to Solomon, "Because you have done this, and you have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant.

12. Nevertheless I will not do it in your days for the sake of your father David, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

13. However, I will not tear away all the kingdom, but I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen."

14. Then the Lord raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of the royal line in Edom.

15. For it came about, when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander of the army had gone up to bury the slain, and had struck down every male in Edom

16. (for Joab and all Israel stayed there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom),