Joseph. Antiq. l. 8. c. 2. circa finem. 1 Kings xi. 14, 17, & seq. About the year of the World 2963, before J. C. 1037, before the Vulgar Æra 1041.III. HADAD, son to the King of East Edom; was carried into Egypt by the King his father’s servants, at the time, when Joab General of David’s troops extirpated all the males of Edom. Hadad was then a little child. He was conveyed first into Midian, and afterwards to Paran, and last of all into Egypt. He was presented to the King of Egypt, who gave him an house, lands, and every thing necessary for his support. He won so much upon the affections of this Prince, that he married him to his Queen Tahpenes’s own sister. Of her he had a son, whose name was Genabath, whom Queen Tahpenes brought up in Pharaoh’s house with the King’s children. After this, Hadad being informed that David was dead, and that Joab was killed by Solomon’s order, declared to Pharaoh his inclination to return into his own Country. Pharaoh did all he could to detain him: but Hadad pressed him so earnestly, that he at last permitted him to return into Edom. When he was there, he began to raise disturbances against Solomon; but the Scripture does not tell what it was particularly he did there.
Josephus says, 1. That he did not return to Edom till long after the death of David, and when Solomon’s affairs began to decline, by reason of his impieties, and God’s deserting him. 2. That being come into Edom, and not being able to ingage the Edomites in a revolt, because they were kept to their duty by the strong Garrisons which Solomon had placed there; he got together such people as were willing to imbark in his designs, and carried them to Razon, who was then in rebellion against Hadadezer his master, King of Syria. Razon received Hadad with joy, and assisted him in conquering part of Syria, where he reigned, and from whence he made inroads upon Solomon’s territories. This Josephus says. Tostatus, Salian, and some others will have it, that Pharaoh King of Egypt made peace between Hadad and Solomon; and from the latter obtained, that Hadad should reign over Edom, upon condition nevertheless of paying him tribute: that Hadad for some years continued subject and tributary to Solomon; but that towards the end of this Prince’s reign, he grew weary of this submission, and began to rebel against him.