Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
1 Kings 11:24
and he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band when David slew them of Zobah. And they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus, usurping the power in that part of Syria.
and he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band when David slew them of Zobah. And they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus, usurping the power in that part of Syria.
Verse 24. _AND REIGNED IN DAMASCUS._] Rezon was one of the captains of Hadadezer, whom David defeated. It seems that at this time Rezon escaped with his men; and; having lived, as is supposed, some t...
AND (THEY) REIGNED - A very slight emendation gives the sense, “they made him king at Damascus.”...
7. SOLOMON'S FAILURE: JUDGMENT ANNOUNCED AND THE BEGINNING OF DISRUPTION CHAPTER 11 _ 1. Solomon's polygamy and departure from God (1 Kings 11:1)_ 2. Hadad the Edomite (1 Kings 11:14) 3. Rezon the...
SIN OF SOLOMON, AND THE ADVERSARIES RAISED UP IN CONSEQUENCE. From various differences in the arrangement of the earlier verses in the LXX and Heb., it has been supposed that in its original form the...
_and he gathered men unto him_ The LXX. (_Alex._) says -men were gathered unto him." This only indicates different vowel points to the same consonants. But the difference in the sense would point to R...
C. THE REBELLION OF REZON 11:23-25 TRANSLATION (23) And God raised up to him an adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, who had fled from Hadadezer king of Zobah, his lord. (24) And he gathered around h...
_AND HE GATHERED MEN UNTO HIM, AND BECAME CAPTAIN OVER A BAND, WHEN DAVID SLEW THEM OF ZOBAH: AND THEY WENT TO DAMASCUS, AND DWELT THEREIN, AND REIGNED IN DAMASCUS._ No JFB commentary on these verses...
DAMASCUS] According to 2 Samuel 8:6; David had placed garrisons in Damascus, which Rezon and his followers must have expelled....
SOLOMON'S ERRORS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES. HIS DEATH This chapter furnishes an account of Solomon's marriages with numerous foreign princesses, and traces the evil effect of such in the toleration of i...
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 11 SOLOMON *WORSHIPS FALSE GODS V1 Solomon, however, loved many foreign women. He married the daughter of the king of Egypt. He also mar...
(14-25) The events recorded in this section belong, at least in part, to the early years of the reign of Solomon. when the deaths of the warlike David and Joab, and the accession of a mere youth of av...
WHEN DAVID SLEW THEM OF ZOBAH. — The account of this war is found in 2 Samuel 8:1. The kingdom of Zobah was evidently a powerful state at that time, at war with the Syrian kingdom of Hamath, but holdi...
וַ יִּקְבֹּ֤ץ עָלָיו֙ אֲנָשִׁ֔ים וַ יְהִ֣י שׂ
HOLLOW PROSPERITY 1 Kings 11:1 "Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity." - Ecclesiastes 1:2 "At every draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of ra...
THE WIND AND THE WHIRLWIND 1 Kings 11:14 "He that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption." - Galatians 6:8 SUCH degeneracy could not show itself in the king without danger to his pe...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
ADVERSARIES OF THE RECREANT KING 1 Kings 11:14 Two of the instruments of Solomon's chastisement are enumerated in this paragraph. First, _Hadad, the Edomite_, 1 Kings 11:14. Notice the importance of...
At this point the story of Solomon suddenly changes. The glory passes away, and we observe his rapid degeneracy and doom. The nature of the man had ever a strong animal side. His commercial enterprise...
And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them [of Zobah]: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, (n) and reigned in Damascus. (n) That is, the men whom he...
_Robbers, or (Hebrew and Septuagint) "a band" with whom he made depredations. (Haydock) --- Damascus, with David's consent, on their admitting a garrison, (2 Kings viii. 6,) and consenting to pay trib...
(23) And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah: (24) And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David...
Solomon was now at the height of his glory, a vivid type of a greater than Solomon. And it is only when we see that he really does thus prefigure the Lord Jesus as King that we can understand the impo...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11 AND 12. Till now we have had the beautiful picture of God's blessing resting upon the son of David, whose only desire it had been to possess wisdom from Go...
AND HE GATHERED MEN UNTO HIM,.... Perhaps some of the scattered forces of his master: AND BECAME CAPTAIN OVER A BAND, WHEN DAVID SLEW THEM OF ZOBAH; some that escaped enlisted under this man, and liv...
And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them [of Zobah]: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus. Ver. 24. _He gathered men unto hi...
_Which fled from his lord Hadadezer_ When David had defeated him. _King of Zobah_ A part of Syria, between Damascus and Euphrates. _And he gathered men unto him_ Some of those that fled when David def...
1 Solomons wiues and concubines. 4 In his old age they draw him to idolatry. 9 God threatneth him. 14 Solomons aduersaries were Hadad, who was intertained in Egypt, 23 Rezon who reigned in Damascu...
MANY MARRIAGES LEADING TO IDOLATRY (vs.1-13) Solomon also disobeyedDeuteronomy 17:17 in making many marriages with foreign women, from the Moabites, Alnmonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites (v.1)...
14-25 While Solomon kept close to God and to his duty, there was no enemy to give him uneasiness; but here we have an account of two. If against us, he can make us fear even the least, and the very gr...
OVER A BAND, to wit, of soldiers, who fled and dispersed themselves upon that defeat, 2SA 10, and others who readily joined themselves with them, and lived by robbery, as many Arabians did. THEY WENT...
1 Kings 11:24 gathered H6908 (H8799) men H582 captain H8269 band H1416 David H1732 killed H2026 (H8800) went...
YHWH RAISES UP THREE ADVERSARIES TO SOLOMON (1 KINGS 11:14). At the commencement of his reign Solomon had had to deal with three rebels against the throne, Adonijah, Abiathar and Joab and Shimei (1 Ki...
CONTENTS: Solomon's heart turned. Chastened of God. Rise of Jeroboam. Death of Solomon. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hadad, Pharaoh, Rezon, Jeroboam, Adoram, Ahijah. CONCLUSION: The way of sin is down h...
1 Kings 11:1. _Solomon loved many strange women,_ of gentile nations, and was connected with them. To this day thousands of women in India are married to great men merely as a mark of honour, and they...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 11:1 Throughout chs. 1 Kings 1:1 there have been hints that all is not well with Solomon’s heart. Now comes the inevitable conclusion: Solomon’s sins have led him to apostasy.
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 11:14 Two men are RAISED UP by God to oppose Solomon: REZON from the north and HADAD from the south. Where the king once had peace on all sides ...
_HOMILETICS OF 1 Kings 11:14_ THE AGENTS OF DIVINE RETRIBUTION I. ARE SECRETLY PREPARING WHEN LEAST SUSPECTED. Hadad and Rezon on the frontier, and Jeroboam under the shadow of the throne, were plott...
EXPOSITION SOLOMON'S ADVERSARIES.—As the historian has collected together in 1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1; 1 Kings 8:1, all the information he can convey respecting the _temple, _and
Chapter eleven. But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughters of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites (1 Kings 11:1); Now turn back fo...
1 Kings 19:15; 1 Kings 20:34; Acts 9:2; Genesis 14:15...
A band — Of soldiers, who fled upon that defeat, 2 Samuel 10:18, and others who readily joined them, and lived by robbery; as many Arabians did. Damascus — And took it, whilst Solomon was wallowing in...