15. When David was fighting against Edom, Joab the general had gone up to bury the Israelite dead, and he had killed every male in Edom.
16. Joab and all the Israelites stayed there six months, until he had finished off every male in Edom.
17. While still a youth, Hadad escaped to Egypt along with his father’s Edomite officials.
18. They set out from Midian and went to Paran. They took men with them from Paran and came to Egypt and to Pharaoh its king. Pharaoh assigned him a home, food, and land.