22 But Pharaoh asked him, “What do you lack here with me for you to want to go back to your own country?”

“Nothing,” he replied, “but please let me leave.”

23 God raised up Rezon son of Eliada as an enemy(A) against Solomon. Rezon had fled from his master King Hadadezer of Zobah(B) 24 and gathered men to himself. He became leader of a raiding party when David killed the Zobaites. He[a] went to Damascus,(C) lived there, and became king in Damascus.

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Footnotes

  1. 11:24 LXX; Hb reads They

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