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For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab, the captain of the host, had gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom
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(for Joab dwelt there six months with all Israel until he had cut off every male in Edom),
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that Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father’s slaves with him, to go into Egypt, Hadad
being yet a little child.
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And they arose out of Midian and came to Paran; and taking men with them out of Paran, they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who gave him a house and appointed him food and gave him land.
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And Hadad found great grace in the sight of Pharaoh so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Queen Tahpenes.
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And the sister of Tahpenes bore him Genubath, his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s household among the sons of Pharaoh.
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And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers and that Joab, the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart that I may go to my own land.
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Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me that, behold, thou seekest to go to thy own land? And he answered, Nothing; however, let me go anyway.
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And God stirred him up
another adversary, Rezon, the son of Eliadah, who fled from his lord Hadadezer, king of Zobah.
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And he gathered men unto him and became captain over a band, when David slew those
of Zobah; and they went to Damascus and dwelt there, and they made him king in Damascus.
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And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, besides the evil that Hadad
did, and he abhorred Israel and reigned over Syria.