# General Information:

This section continues the background information that began in [1 Kings 11:15](../11/15.md).

# They left Midian

Here the word "They" refers to Hadad and the other Edomites mentioned in [1 Kings 11:17](../11/17.md).

# Midian ... Paran ... Egypt

These are the names of places. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])