14 Then Yahweh caused Hadad the Edomi (and a descendant of the Edomi king) to stand against Shelomoh (Solomon). 15 In the past when David had been in Edom with his army commander Yoav (Joab) to bury their dead, they had killed every male in Edom. 16 (Yoav and the Israeli warriors had had to stay there for six months to kill the Edomi males.) 17 However, Hadad had been a small child at that time, and he’d fled to Mitsrayim (Egypt) with some of his father’s Edomi servants. 18 They’d passed through Midyan and then Paran where they’d gained some more men before entering Mitsrayim where King Par’oh (Pharaoh) gave him a house and land, and provided him with food. 19 Par’oh took a liking to Hadad and gave him his wife Queen Tahpeneis’ sister to marry. 20 Tahpeneis’ sister gave birth to his son Genuvat, and Tahpeneis weaned him right there in Par’oh’s house, so Genuvat grew up in Par’oh’s house among his sons.

21 When Hadad in Mitsrayim heard that both David and his army commander Yoav had died, Hadad said to Par’oh, “Give me permission to leave, and I’ll go back to my land.”

22 But Par’oh asked him, “But what’s wrong with staying here? You’ve stunned me by asking to go to your land.”

“Nothing’s lacking here,” he replied, “but I have to go—please give me permission to leave.”

23 God also caused Elyada’s son Rezon to stand against Shelomoh (Solomon). He’d run away from his master, King Hadadezer in Tsovah, 24 then he’d gathered men for himself and had become a commander of a raiding band. When David attacked them, they went to Damesek (Damascus). They lived there and gained control of the city. 25 Then during all of Shelomoh’s reign, he’d been outspoken against Yisrael (Israel)—encouraged by the evil that Hadad did. He reigned over Aram (Syria) (Aram) and he loathed Yisrael.