²² “Why?” Pharaoh asked him. “What do you lack here? How have we disappointed you?”

“Everything is wonderful,” he replied, “but even so, I’d like to go back home.”

²³ Another of Solomon’s enemies whom God raised to power was Rezon, one of the officials of King Hadadezer of Zobah who had deserted his post and fled the country. ²⁴ He had become the leader of a gang of bandits—men who fled with him to Damascus (where he later became king) when David destroyed Zobah.