[1] And the LORD raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite.According to the account in 1 Kings, Hadad was a survivor of the royal house of Edom after the slaughter at the hands of Joab.
He escaped as a child to Egypt, where he was raised by Pharaoh and married the queen's sister.
After the death of King David, Hadad returned to try to reclaim the throne of Edom.
[2] Hadad's campaign to recapture Edom apparently met with success, as 1 Kings 11:25 states that another of Solomon's adversaries, Rezon the son of Eliada, did harm to Solomon "as Hadad did".
[4] Along with Rezon the Syrian, Hadad is one of two characters described as a satan to Solomon, a word which was left untranslated and transliterated into Greek letters in the Septuagint.