11:17 That Hadad {k} fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad [being] yet a little child.
(k) Thus God reserved this idolater as scourge to punish his people's sins.
11:14-25 While Solomon kept close to God and to his duty, there was no enemy to give him uneasiness; but here we have an account of two. If against us, he can make us fear even the least, and the very grasshopper shall be a burden. Though they were moved by principles of ambition or revenge, God used them to correct Solomon.
