14. Now Hadad was a member of the family of the king of Edom. And the Lord caused Hadad the Edomite to become Solomon’s enemy.
15. Earlier, David had defeated Edom. Joab, the commander of David’s army, went into Edom to bury the dead. While he was there, he killed all the males.
16. Joab and all the Israelites stayed in Edom for six months. During that time they killed every male in Edom.
17. But at that time Hadad was only a young boy. So he ran away to Egypt with some of his father’s officers.
18. They left Midian and went to Paran. In Paran other men joined them. Then they all went to Egypt to see the king. He gave Hadad a house, some land and food to eat.
19. The king liked Hadad so much he gave Hadad a wife. She was the sister of Tahpenes, the king’s wife.
20. They had a son named Genubath. Queen Tahpenes allowed him to grow up in the royal palace. So he grew up with the king’s own children.