The events recorded in this section belong, at least in part, to the early years of the reign of Solomon, when the deaths of the warlike David and …

That Hadad fled
While Joab was burying the slain:

he and certain Edomites of his father's servant…

While Solomon kept close to God and to his duty, there was no enemy to give him uneasiness; but here we have an account of two. If God is against u…