Joab the captain of the host, whom he feared as much as David himself. That I may go to mine own country; whither accordingly he came, and was there even from the beginning of Solomon's reign; where he either lived as a private person, yet secretly working for the recovery of his crown when an opportunity was offered; or rather, by the near relation which was between his wife and Solomon s; and by Pharaoh's intercession he obtained his kingdom, with condition of subjection and tribute to be paid by him to Solomon; which condition he kept till Solomon fell from God, and then it seems he began to be troublesome to him, and dangerous to his house and kingdom.

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