May Joab and his descendants be perpetually guilty of their shed blood, but may the Lord give perpetual peace to David, his descendants, his family, and his dynasty.”

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

I will humiliate David’s descendants because of this, but not forever.”

With the stones he constructed an altar for the Lord. Around the altar he made a trench large enough to contain two seahs of seed.