1 Kings 11:18
Good News Translation
They left Midian and went to Paran, where some other men joined them. Then they traveled to Egypt and went to the king, who gave Hadad some land and a house and provided him with food.

New Revised Standard Version
They set out from Midian and came to Paran; they took people with them from Paran and came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave him a house, assigned him an allowance of food, and gave him land.

New American Bible
They left Midian and came to Paran; they gathered men from Paran and came to Egypt, to Pharaoh, king of Egypt; he gave Hadad a house, appointed him rations, and assigned him land.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they arose out of Madian, and came into Pharan, and they took men with them from Pharan, and went into Egypt, to Pharao, the king of Egypt: who gave him a house, and appointed him victuals, and assigned him land.

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And they arose out of Madian, and came into Pharan, and they took men with them from Pharan, and went into Egypt, to Pharao, the king of Egypt: who gave him a house, and appointed him victuals, and assigned him land.

Exodus 2:15 And Pharao heard of this word, and sought to kill Moses: but he fled from his sight, and abode in the land of Madian, and he sat down by a well.

, etc.) but the Midian east of the Dead Sea, and south of Moab. These Midianites, whose daughters seduced the israelites to commit idolatry (Nu

Exodus 22:4,7 If that which he stole be found with him, alive, either ox, or ass, or sheep: he shall restore double. . . .

Exodus 25:15 And they shall be always in the rings, neither shall they at any time be drawn out of them.

Exodus 31:2 Behold, I have called by name Beseleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Juda,

, etc.) were descendants of Midian, son of Abraham, (Ge

Exodus 25:2 Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring firstfruits to me: of every man that offereth of his own accord, you shall take them.

) Their capital city was called Midian, and its remains were to be seen in the time of Eusebius and Jerome: it was situated on the Arnon, south of the city Ar, or Areopolis.

Genesis 25:2,4 Who bore him Zamram, and Jecsan, and Madan, and Madian, and Jesboc, and Sue. . . .

Numbers 22:4 He said to the elders of Madian: So will this people destroy all that dwell in our borders, as the ox is wont to eat the grass to the very roots. Now he was at that time king in Moab.

Numbers 25:6,14,18 And behold one of the children of Israel went in before his brethren to a harlot of Madian, in the sight of Moses and of all the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle. . . .

Genesis 14:6 And the Chorreans in the mountains of Seir, even to the plains of Pharan, which is in the wilderness.

Genesis 21:21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Pharan, and his mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.

Numbers 10:12 And the children of Israel marched by their troops from the desert of Sinai, and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Pharan.

Deuteronomy 1:1 These are the words, which Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan, in the plain wilderness, over against the Red Sea, between Pharan and Thophel and Laban and Haseroth, where there is very much gold.

Deuteronomy 33:2 And he said: The Lord came from Sinai, and from Seir he rose up to us: he hath appeared from mount Pharan, and with him thousands of saints. In his right hand a fiery law.

Habakkuk 3:3 God will come from the south, and the holy one from mount Pharan: His glory covered the heavens, and the earth is full of his praise.

Context
Hadad's Return
17Then Adad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants, with him, to go into Egypt: and Adad was then a little boy. 18And they arose out of Madian, and came into Pharan, and they took men with them from Pharan, and went into Egypt, to Pharao, the king of Egypt: who gave him a house, and appointed him victuals, and assigned him land.19And Adad found great favour before Pharao, insomuch that he gave him to wife the own sister of his wife, Taphnes, the queen.…
Cross References
Numbers 10:12
And the children of Israel marched by their troops from the desert of Sinai, and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Pharan.

Deuteronomy 1:1
These are the words, which Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan, in the plain wilderness, over against the Red Sea, between Pharan and Thophel and Laban and Haseroth, where there is very much gold.

1 Kings 11:17
Then Adad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants, with him, to go into Egypt: and Adad was then a little boy.

1 Kings 11:19
And Adad found great favour before Pharao, insomuch that he gave him to wife the own sister of his wife, Taphnes, the queen.

1 Kings 11:17
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