God said, “You want to maintain a big, aggressive war machine? I’ll give you war!” So, “Yahweh raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite” (1 Kings 11:14). Then, “God raised up another adversary against him, Rezon the son of Eliadah” (1 Kings 11:23). Alliances with pagans make God angry. Alliances with pagans do not ensure peace; they ensure that God will bring war.
