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1 Kings 11:21-23
Good News Translation
1 Kings 11:21-23
Good News Translation
21 When the news reached Hadad in Egypt that David had died and that Joab the commander of the army was dead, Hadad said to the king, “Let me go back to my own country.”
22 “Why?” the king asked. “Have I failed to give you something? Is that why you want to go back home?”
“Just let me go,” Hadad answered the king. And he went back to his country.[a]
As king of Edom, Hadad was an evil, bitter enemy of Israel.[b]
23 God also caused Rezon son of Eliada to turn against Solomon. Rezon had fled from his master, King Hadadezer of Zobah,
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- 1 Kings 11:22 One ancient translation And he went back to his country; Hebrew does not have these words.
- 1 Kings 11:22 One ancient translation As king … Israel; in Hebrew this sentence, with some differences, comes at the end of verse 25.
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