1 Kings 11:17

11:17 Hadad, ¹  who was only a small boy at the time, escaped with some of his father’s Edomite servants and headed for Egypt. ² 

1 Kings 11:14

11:14 The Lord brought ³  against Solomon an enemy, Hadad the Edomite, a descendant of the Edomite king.

1 Kings 11:21

11:21 While in Egypt Hadad heard that David had passed away ⁴  and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead. So Hadad asked Pharaoh, “Give me permission to leave ⁵  so I can return to my homeland.”

1 Kings 11:19

11:19 Pharaoh liked Hadad so well ⁶  he gave him his sister-in-law (Queen Tahpenes’ sister) as a wife. ⁷ 

1 Kings 11:25

11:25 He was Israel’s enemy throughout Solomon’s reign and, like Hadad, caused trouble. He loathed ⁸  Israel and ruled over Syria.

[11:17]  ¹ tn The MT reads “Adad,” an alternate form of the name Hadad.

[11:17]  ² tn Heb “and Adad fled, he and Edomite men from the servants of his father, to go to Egypt, and Hadad was a small boy.”

[11:14]  ³ tn Or “raised up.”

[11:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[11:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “send me away.”

[11:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “and Hadad found great favor in the eyes of Pharaoh.”

[11:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he gave to him a wife, the sister of his wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.”

[11:25]  ⁹ tn The construction (Qal of קוּץ + בְּ [quts + bet] preposition) is rare, but not without parallel (see Lev 20:23).