²² Pharaoh asked him, “But have you lacked anything from me that would make you want to go back to your own country?”

“No,” he answered, “but I still really must leave.”

²³ God also raised up Eliada’s son Rezon, who had escaped from his master King Hadadezer of Zobah. ²⁴ He raised an army and commanded a gang of raiders after David had eliminated those who lived in Zobah. Rezon and his army^[a] moved to Damascus, remained there, and Rezon ruled from Damascus.