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.
Ver. 21. Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.] Patriam quisque amat, non quia pulchram, sed quia suam. a We all naturally affect our native country. Oh that we could heaven as well! Repatriasse hoc erit, saith Bernard, to go to heaven is to go home again.
a Seneca.