1 Kings 11:23

Contextual Overview

¹⁴So the Lord raised up Hadad the Edomite as an enemy against Solomon. He was of the royal family in Edom. ¹⁴ The LORD raised up an adversary to Shlomo, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom. ¹⁴ And the Lord stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom. ¹⁴ And the Lord raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite. He was of the royal house in Edom. ¹⁴ The Lord caused Hadad the Edomite, a member of the family of the king of Edom, to become Solomon's enemy. ¹⁴ The Lord brought against Solomon an enemy, Hadad the Edomite, a descendant of the Edomite king. ¹⁴Then the LORD stirred up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of royal descent in Edom. ¹⁴ Then the LORD raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of the royal line in Edom. ¹⁴ Then the Lord stirred vp an aduersarie vnto Salomon, euen Hadad the Edomite, of the Kings seede, which was in Edom. ¹⁴Then Yahweh raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of the seed of the king in Edom.

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God: 1 Kings 11:14, 2 Samuel 16:11, Ezra 1:1, Isaiah 13:17, Isaiah 37:26, Isaiah 45:5, Ezekiel 38:16

Hadadezer: 2 Samuel 8:3, 2 Samuel 10:8, 2 Samuel 10:15-18, 1 Chronicles 18:3-9, 1 Chronicles 19:6, 1 Chronicles 19:16-19, Hadarezer, Psalms 60:1, *title

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 14:47 - Zobah 2 Samuel 8:5 - And when 1 Kings 15:18 - Damascus 1 Chronicles 18:5 - the Syrians 2 Chronicles 8:3 - Hamathzobah 2 Chronicles 21:16 - the Lord 2 Chronicles 36:22 - the Lord stirred Jeremiah 51:11 - the Lord hath

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 him; and this man seeing the battle go against his master, and that he was like to be worsted, deserted him and fled, see 2 Samuel 8:3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 of this period as follows:

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Hadadezer (or Hadad I), about 1040 B.C. (conquered by David).

Rezon (usurper) was contemporary with Solomon.

Hezion (Hadad II) was contemporary with Rehoboam.

Tabrimon (Hadad III) was contemporary with Abijam.

Ben-hadad (Hadad IV) was contemporary with Asa.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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 of men; 2 Samuel 7:14.