1Kings:11:14-25
nsb@1Kings:11:14 @ Jehovah sent Hadad the Edomite to make trouble for Solomon. He was of the king's seed in Edom.
nsb@1Kings:11:15 @ When David had sent destruction on Edom, and Joab, the commander of the army went to bury the dead. They put to death every male in Edom.
nsb@1Kings:11:16 @ Joab and all Israel stayed there six months until they had destroyed every male in Edom.
nsb@1Kings:11:17 @ Hadad was a young boy at the time. He and some of his father's Edomite servants fled to Egypt.
nsb@1Kings:11:18 @ They left Midian and went to Paran. Taking some men from Paran with them, they went to Pharaoh the king of Egypt. Pharaoh gave Hadad a home, a food allowance, and land.
nsb@1Kings:11:19 @ Pharaoh approved of Hadad. So he gave Hadad his sister-in-law, the sister of Queen Tahpenes, to be Hadad's wife.
nsb@1Kings:11:20 @ Tahpenes' sister had a son named Genubath. Tahpenes presented the boy to Pharaoh in the palace, and Genubath lived in the palace among Pharaoh's children.
nsb@1Kings:11:21 @ When the news reached Hadad in Egypt that David had died and that Joab the commander of the army was dead, Hadad said to the king: »Let me go back to my own country.«
nsb@1Kings:11:22 @ »Why?« The king asked. »Have I failed to give you something? Is that why you want to go back home?« Hadad answered: »Just let me go.« He went back to his country. As king of Edom, Hadad was an evil, bitter enemy of Israel.
nsb@1Kings:11:23 @ God also caused Rezon son of Eliada to turn against Solomon. Rezon had fled from his master, King Hadadezer of Zobah,
nsb@1Kings:11:24 @ and had become the leader of a gang of outlaws. This happened after David defeated Hadadezer and slaughtered his Syrian allies. Rezon and his gang lived in Damascus, where his followers made him king of Syria.
nsb@1Kings:11:25 @ He was trouble to Israel all through the days of Solomon. This is the damage Hadad did: he was cruel to Israel while he was ruler over Edom.
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