22 But Pharaoh asked him, “What do you lack here with me for you to want to go back to your own country?”

“Nothing,” he replied, “but please let me leave.”

23 God raised up Rezon son of Eliada as an enemy(A) against Solomon. Rezon had fled from his master Hadadezer king of Zobah(B) 24 and gathered men to himself. He became captain of a raiding party when David killed the Zobaites. He[a] went to Damascus,(C) lived there, and became king in Damascus.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 11:24 LXX; Hb reads They

22 “What have you lacked here that you want to go back to your own country?” Pharaoh asked.

“Nothing,” Hadad replied, “but do let me go!”

23 And God raised up against Solomon another adversary,(A) Rezon son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer(B) king of Zobah. 24 When David destroyed Zobah’s army, Rezon gathered a band of men around him and became their leader; they went to Damascus,(C) where they settled and took control.

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