God Empowers Enemies of Israel – King Solomon – The Brick Bible

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Then Yahweh raised up an enemy against Solomon: Hadad the Edomite of the royal house of Edom.

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Now back when David was fighting in Edom, the commanding general Joab had killed all the males in Edom.

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Joab and all the Israelites stayed there for six months, until they had destroyed all the men in Edom.

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But Hadad, only a boy, fled to Egypt with some servants of his father.

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King Pharaoh of Egypt gave him a house, food, and some land.

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Pharaoh liked Hadad so much that he gave him his sister-in-law for a wife, the sister of Queen Tahpenes.

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When Hadad heard that David was dead and that his commanding general Joab was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, 'Allow me to leave, so I may go to my own country.'

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Pharaoh asked him, 'What do you lack here with me that you seek to go to your own country?'

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Hadad replied, 'Nothing, but please let me go.'

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And Yahweh raised up another enemy against Solomon. Rezon of Zobah was the leader of a raiding band that controlled Damascus.

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Rezon reigned in Aram and was Israel's enemy as long as Solomon lived, causing trouble like Hadad.

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He despised Israel.

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