1 Kings 11:14Yahweh raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.
The setting
Israel, ~940 BC. Solomon's golden age begins to crack. Hadad, an Edomite prince who escaped David's genocide as a child, returns from Egyptian exile to cause trouble.
The emotion here: matter-of-factly recording the beginning of Solomon's troubles
The original word
śāṭān (שָׂטָן) — adversary, opponent; the same root word later used for Satan
Why it matters
Hadad had been living in Egypt since he was a boy - Pharaoh even gave him a wife and land
Read with care
What most readers miss in 1 Kings 11:14
This isn't random rebellion - it's the return of a survivor from David's brutal war 40 years earlier
Common misconceptionPeople read this as if God randomly decided to make Solomon's life difficult, but Hadad's opposition was the natural result of David's earlier violence in Edom coming back to haunt the next generation.
The thread continues
Verses that echo 1 Kings 11:14
Bible Genome reading
1 Kings 11:14 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
1 Kings 11:14 comes from the book of 1 Kings, written during the United Kingdom period. These words are attributed to Narrator. The dominant emotion in this verse is anxious, with a comfort power of 20% and a tone that is urgent. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include divine judgment, political opposition. Notable phrases: Yahweh raised up an adversary.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same anxious
“And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.”
— 2 Corinthians 11:14
“Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.”
— 2 Timothy 3:12
“The evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?"”
— Acts 19:15
“I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'”
— Acts 22:7
“When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is har…”
— Acts 26:14
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