1 Kings 11:21
And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country. And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.
Hadad's request to Pharaoh for permission to depart and go to his own country marks the Lord stirring up Hadad the Edomite as an adversary to Solomon after the removal of His protecting care. This withdrawing of protection and raising up of opposition was a divine chastening in response to Solomon's course. It did not mean that God had forsaken Solomon, but that by messages of reproof and by severe judgments He sought to arouse the king to a realization of the sinfulness of his course. The aim was awakening and repentance, not abandonment.
To that end God permitted adversaries to harass and weaken the kingdom. With Hadad He joined Rezon, a captain over a band who abhorred Israel and who reigned over Syria. With them He joined Jeroboam, Solomon's own servant, a mighty man of valor who lifted up his hand against the king.