1 Kings 11:14–25

¹⁴And Jehovah raiseth up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; of the seed of the king is he in Edom; ¹⁵and it cometh to pass, in David’s being with Edom, in the going up of Joab head of the host to bury the slain, that he smiteth every male in Edom— ¹⁶for six months did Joab abide there, and all Israel, till the cutting off of every male in Edom— ¹⁷and Hadad fleeth, he and certain Edomites, of the servants of his father, with him, to go in to Egypt, and Hadad is a little youth, ¹⁸and they rise out of Midian, and come into Paran, and take men with them out of Paran, and come in to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he giveth to him a house, and bread hath commanded for him, and land hath given to him. ¹⁹And Hadad findeth grace in the eyes of Pharaoh exceedingly, and he giveth to him a wife, the sister of his own wife, sister of Tahpenes the mistress; ²⁰and the sister of Tahpenes beareth to him Genubath his son, and Tahpenes weaneth him within the house of Pharaoh, and Genubath is in the house of Pharaoh in the midst of the sons of Pharaoh. ²¹And Hadad hath heard in Egypt that David hath lain with his fathers, and that Joab head of the host is dead, and Hadad saith unto Pharaoh, ‘Send me away, and I go unto my land.’ ²²And Pharaoh saith to him, ‘But, what art thou lacking with me, that lo, thou art seeking to go unto thine own land?’ and he saith, ‘Nay, but thou dost certainly send me away.’ ²³And God raiseth to him an adversary, Rezon son of Eliadah, who hath fled from Hadadezer king of Zobah, his lord, ²⁴and gathereth unto himself men, and is head of a troop in David’s slaying them, and they go to Damascus, and dwell in it, and reign in Damascus; ²⁵and he is an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, (besides the evil that Hadad did), and he cutteth off in Israel, and reigneth over Aram.