1 Kings 11:19

19 Hadad won the friendship of the king, and the king gave his sister-in-law, the sister of Queen Tahpenes, to Hadad in marriage.

1 Kings 11:19 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 11:19

And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh
Perhaps for his comely personage, princely qualities, and good behaviour, as he grew up:

so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of
Tahpenes the queen;
it seems the kings of Egypt used to marry their favourites to great personages; see ( Genesis 41:45 ) .

1 Kings 11:19 In-Context

17 except Hadad and some of his father's Edomite servants, who escaped to Egypt. (At that time Hadad was just a child.)

18 They left Midian and went to Paran, where some other men joined them. Then they traveled to Egypt and went to the king, who gave Hadad some land and a house and provided him with food.

19 Hadad won the friendship of the king, and the king gave his sister-in-law, the sister of Queen Tahpenes, to Hadad in marriage.

20 She bore him a son, Genubath, who was raised by the queen in the palace, where he lived with the king's sons.

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."