18 And they aroſe out of Midian c, and came to Paran, and they took men with them out of Paran 4, and they came ro Egypt unto Pharaoh king of Fegypr, which gave him an houſe, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land e,
c He fled at firſt with an intent to go into Egypt, as is ſaid, wer. 17+ but took M'dian, a neighbouring Countrey, in his way, and ftaid there a while, poſſibly till he had by ſome of his Servants tried Pharaoh's Mind, and prepared the way for his Reception. d Ano- ther Countrey in the Road from Edom to Egypt, where he hired Men. toattend him, that making his entrance there{omething like a Prince; he might find more favour and reſpe& from that King and People.
e To ſupport himſelf and his Train out of the Profits of its
19 And Hadad found great favour in the ſight of Pharaoh f, ſo that he gave him to wife the ſiſter of his own wife, the ſiſter of Tahpenes the Queen.
f God ſo diſpoſing his Heart, that Hadad might be a'ſconrge to Solomon for his Impieties, which God foreſaw long: before they were done. |
20 And the ſiſter of Tahpenes bare him Genubath
his ſon, whom Talipenes weaned in Pharaohs houſe | | anc
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XI: [. and Genubath was in Pharaolis houſhold among the | ſons of Pharaoh. | 1 And when Tadad heard in Egypt that David ſlept with his ſathers, and that Joab the captain of the hoſt g was dead, Hadad ſaid to Pharaoh, + Let me dc
p_ art, that TI may go to mine own countrey &. _— gs Whom he feared as much as David himſelf. þ Whither accord-
ingly he came 3 and was there, even from the beginning cf Solo. mor's Reign : where he either lived as a private perſon, yct iecretly working for the recovery of his Crown when an opportunity was offered ; or rather, by the near relation which was between his Wife and Solomer's : and, by Pharas?'+ intercefſion, he obtained his KingJom with condition of Subjcttion and Tribute t> be paid by him to Solcmon : which condition he kept till Sclomon tell from Goa, and then it ſeems he began tobe trouoleſome ro him,and dangerous to his Houſe and Kingdom. _ ; 22 Then Pharaoh ſaid unto him, But what halt thou lacked with me, that behold thou ſeekeft ro go wo #Hcb:19- thine own countrev ? And he an{wered, + Nothing : Howbeit, let me go in any wile,
23 T And God itrred vim up azother adverſary, Rezon, the fon of Eiiadal:, which fled from his lord Hadadezer i King of Zobah &.
; When David had defeated him : See 2 Sam: 10: 10. &c. k A part of Syria. between Damaſcus and Evuplrates : of which ſee 1 Sam: 14: 47: 2 Chron: 8; 3 Pſalm 60: 2.
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24 And he gath.:ed* men unto him, and became
: _ captain over a band /, * when David flew them of Zobah : yy and they 9 went to Damaſcus », and awelt therein,
and reigned in Damaſcus.
I To wit, of Soldiers, who fled and diſperſed themſelves upon thar Defcat, 2 Sam; 10: and others whe: readily joyned themſclves with them. and lived by Robery, as many Arabians did. m When they were i2c:caſed in numbcr aud ſtrength. » Aid rookit, whili: Solomen was wallowing in Luxury, and grown Effeminare.
25 And he was an adv<riary to Iirac: 1/1 the days of Solomon o, beſide the miſchief that Haced did p : and he abhorred I{rael, and reigned over Syria 9.
o He was a ſecret Enemy, watching all occaſions ro do chem mul- chief cunningly and privately all that time ; ai:d when Solomon had forſaken God, and was forſaken by God, he ſhewed himſeif more openly and maliciouſly. p So the ſenſe is, This infelicity was ad- ded to the former concerning Haddad, mentioned above, wer: 14, &c Whilit Hadad moleſted him in the South, Rezon threataed him 1n the North. But ſome underſtand this of Hadadezer, who is herc called Hadad, by way of abreviation, ( which is not unuſual in pro- per Hebrew Names, as is well known ) and that for, or becauſe of ( for the Hebrew Particle eth, is iv metimes pur for el, which oft figni- fies for, or becauſe of, as Hebricians know ) the evil wh-cþ betel Hadad,
even ſince the ſlaughter that joab made in Hadanezer's Array, where: of he was a member, altiiough he alſo took thar o<cation of making a defe&tion from his Maſter. his Empire more and more, and thereby laying a foundation tor much miſery to So/omin's Houſe and Kingdom.
Chron: 26 4 And * Jeroboam the fon of Neb:r. an Ephra- i:6 thite of Zereda, Soiomuns ſervant, { vw1:vic mothers name was Zeruah a widow woman | cicn he lift up
bis hand againlt the King r. r7, e, Rebelled againſt the King, not now and immediately in
the Perſon of Solomon himieif, bur in his Son and Saccetlor Reho- biaam
27 And this was the caufe that hs lift up bis hand
* Chap; againſt the king : F Soiomor: built Mi:1o, nd | repaired
Mo the breaches of the ciry of L avid his tather.
fa, 28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of
valour / : and Solomon ſeeing clic young man that he
+ was indufirious s, he mace him ruler over all the
: f charge 7 of the houſe of joſeph «.
. ſ Or, a man of great firength of 5ody. or courage of Mind,or b«th. 5 Ingenious, and diligent, and aCtive, and every way fit for bulinets and for command. # z. e. The Taxes and Tributes which were t. be gathered of the People by his Power and Avthority: « Eithic of Ephraim and Manaſſth, who were jointly comprchended under this name, Joſh. 17. 17. Or, of Ephrain only, who eiſewhere
comes under that name, as 1 Chron: 5: 1; Pſalm 78; 67: Ezek: 579.
- And it ſeems moſt probable, that each Tribe hau a ſeverai
uler. 29 Andit came to paſs at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jeruſalem », that the propher Ai:ijah the
Shilonite found him in the way, and he had ciad him-
ſelf with a new garment ; and they two were alone in
the field y.
* Upon ſome occaſion, poſſibly to execute his Charge. y Having gone atide thither for ſome private conference ; for otherwiſe it i- moſt likely that he had Servanrs attending upon him, wh.: though
of Jeroboam's Coat; and thus it came to Solomons Ears, who being ſoacute and wiſe, could eaſily underFand che thing by what he heard of the ation, eſpecially when. a Propher did it.
30 And Ahijjah caught ch= new garment that as on him, and * rent it i» tweive pieces.
31 And he ſaidtoJeroboam, Take thee ten pieces £:
for * thus ſaith the LORD, the God ci !: -:2i, Behold,
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4 amdwill give ten tribes to thee :
4 T z Whence the Kingdom of Jr: is oft called the Kingdom of the
en Tribes . by which expreſſion it may ſect, that Davia's Pole-
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