1 Kings 11:23

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹⁴Then the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom. ¹⁵Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab the commander of the army had gone to bury the dead and had struck down every male in Edom. ¹⁶For Joab and all Israel had stayed there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom. ¹⁷But Hadad, still just a young boy, had fled to Egypt, along with some Edomites who were servants of his father. ¹⁸Hadad and his men set out from Midian and went to Paran. They took men from Paran with them and went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house and land and provided him with food. ¹⁹There Hadad found such great favor in the sight of Pharaoh that he gave to him in marriage the sister of Queen Tahpenes, his own wife. ²⁰And the sister of Tahpenes bore Hadad a son named Genubath. Tahpenes herself weaned him in Pharaoh's palace, and Genubath lived there among the sons of Pharaoh. ²¹When Hadad heard in Egypt that David had rested with his fathers and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead, he said to Pharaoh, "Let me go, so I may return to my own country." ²²But Pharaoh asked him, "What have you lacked here with me that you suddenly want to go back to your own country?" "Nothing," Hadad replied, "but please let me go." ²³And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah

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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.