1 Kings 9:24

9:24 Solomon built the terrace as soon as Pharaoh’s daughter moved up from the city of David 1  to the palace Solomon built for her. 2 

1 Kings 11:1

The Lord Punishes Solomon for Idolatry

11:1 King Solomon fell in love with many foreign women (besides Pharaoh’s daughter), including Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites.

1 Kings 11:19

11:19 Pharaoh liked Hadad so well 3  he gave him his sister-in-law (Queen Tahpenes’ sister) as a wife. 4 

1 Kings 11:22

11:22 Pharaoh said to him, “What do you lack here that makes you want to go to your homeland?” 5  Hadad replied, 6  “Nothing, but please give me permission to leave.” 7 

1 sn The phrase city of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

2 tn Heb “As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter went up from the city of David to her house which he built for her, then he built the terrace.”

3 tn Heb “and Hadad found great favor in the eyes of Pharaoh.”

4 tn Heb “and he gave to him a wife, the sister of his wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.”

5 tn Heb “Indeed what do you lack with me, that now you are seeking to go to your land?”

6 tn Heb “and he said.”

7 sn So Hadad asked Pharaoh… This lengthy description of Hadad’s exile in Egypt explains why Hadad wanted to oppose Solomon and supports the author’s thesis that his hostility to Solomon found its ultimate source in divine providence. Though Hadad enjoyed a comfortable life in Egypt, when the Lord raised him up (apparently stirring up his desire for vengeance) he decided to leave the comforts of Egypt and return to Edom.