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Then the LORD raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of the ^(F1)royal line in Edom.

For it came about, ^(C1)when David was in Edom and Joab the commander of the army had gone up to bury those killed in battle, and had ^(C2)struck and killed every male in Edom

(for Joab and all Israel stayed there for six months, until he had eliminated every male in Edom),

that Hadad fled ^(F1)to Egypt, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, while Hadad was a young boy.

They set out from Midian and came to ^(C1)Paran; and they took men with them from Paran and came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave him a house and assigned him food and gave him land.

Now Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him in marriage the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.

And the sister of Tahpenes gave birth to his son Genubath, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh's house among the sons of Pharaoh.

But ^(C1)when Hadad heard in Egypt that David ^(F1)lay down with his fathers and that Joab the commander of the army was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, "Let me go, so that I may go to my own country."

However, Pharaoh said to him, "But what have you lacked with me that you are here, requesting to go to your own country?" And he answered, "Nothing; nevertheless you must let me go."

^(C1)God also raised up another adversary against him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master ^(C2)Hadadezer, king of Zobah.

And he gathered men to himself and became leader of a marauding band, ^(C1)after David killed those of Zobah; and they went to Damascus and stayed ^(F1)there, and reigned in Damascus.

So he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, along with the harm that Hadad inflicted; and he felt disgust for Israel and reigned over Aram.