21 When Hadad heard that David and Joab were dead, he said to the king, “Your Majesty, please let me go back to my own country.”
22 “Why?” asked the king. “Do you want something I haven't given you?”“No, I just want to go home.”
23 Here is how God made Rezon son of Eliada an enemy of Solomon:Rezon had run away from his master, King Hadadezer of Zobah.
24-25 He formed his own small army and became its leader after David had defeated Hadadezer's troops. Then Rezon and his army went to Damascus, where he became the ruler of Syria and an enemy of Israel.Both Hadad and Rezon were enemies of Israel while Solomon was king, and they caused him a lot of trouble.
26 Jeroboam was from the town of Zeredah in Ephraim. His father Nebat had died, but his mother Zeruah was still alive. Jeroboam was one of Solomon's officials, but even he rebelled against Solomon.
27 Here is how it happened:While Solomon's workers were filling in the land on the east side of Jerusalem and repairing the city walls,
28 Solomon noticed that Jeroboam was a hard worker. So he put Jeroboam in charge of the work force from Manasseh and Ephraim.