Geneva Study Bible Commentary
1 Kings 11:23
And God stirred him up [another] adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which (m) fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:
(m) When David had defeated Hadadezer and his army.
And God stirred him up [another] adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which (m) fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:
(m) When David had defeated Hadadezer and his army.
Verse 23. _REZON THE SON OF ELIADAH_] Thus God fulfilled his threatening by the prophet Nathan: _If he commit iniquity, I will_ _chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the_ _children...
REZON - Possibly the same as the Hezion of 1 Kings 15:18; but probably one who interrupted the royal line of the Damascene Hadads, which was restored after his death. We may arrange the Damascus-kings...
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...
Another adversary raised up against Solomon (Not in Chronicles) 23. _And God stirred him up_another _adversary_ R.V. RAISED UP, as in 1 Kings 11:14. There it is said -the Lord (i.e. Jehovah)" raised u...
REZON, THE SON OF ELIADAH— When David made war against Hadadezer, Rezon, one of his generals, escaped from the field of battle with the troops under his command; and, having lived for a little while b...
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 GOD STIRRED HIM UP ANOTHER ADVERSARY, REZON THE SON OF ELIADAH, WHICH FLED FROM HIS LORD HADADEZER KING OF ZOBAH:_ God stirred ... up another adverse, Rezon the son of Eliadah, ... This man, who...
ZOBAH] a small Syrian state lying eastward of Mt. Hermon....
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...
REZON THE SON OF ELIADAH. — The name _Rezon_, which is not unlike the “Rezin” of 2 Kings 16, appears to signify “prince,” and might naturally mark the founder of a new power. In 1 Kings 20:18 we read...
וַ יָּ֨קֶם אֱלֹהִ֥ים לֹו֙ שָׂטָ֔ן אֶת ־רְזֹ֖ו
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...
_Razon. He must have been now about 94 years old; unless this was the son of Aderezer's general. (Salien) (Menochius)_...
(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 GOD STIRRED HIM UP ANOTHER ADVERSARY,.... One from the north, as the other was from the south: REZON, THE SON OF ELIADAH, WHICH FLED FROM HIS LORD HADADEZER KING OF ZOBAH: when David fought with...
And God stirred him up [another] adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah: Ver. 23. _And God stirred him up, &c._] See on 1 Kings 11:14 . _ Which fled fro...
_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...
And God stirred him (Solomon) UP ANOTHER ADVERSARY, REZON, THE SON OF ELIADAH, WHICH FLED FROM HIS LORD HADADEZER, KING OF ZOBAH, at the time of David's campaign in the north, 2 Samuel 8:3;...
Solomon's Adversaries and Death...
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...
When David had defeated him: see 2 SAMUEL 10:10, &c. ZOBAH; a part of Syria between Damascus and Euphrates; of which see 1 Samuel 14:47 2 Chronicles 8:3...
1 Kings 11:23 God H430 up H6965 (H8686) adversary H7854 Rezon H7331 son H1121 Eliadah H450 fled...
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 Chronicles 18:3; 1 Chronicles 19:16; 1 Chronicles 19:6; 1 Kings 11:14;...
Who fled — When David had defeated him. Zobah — A part of Syria, between Damascus and Euphrates....