1 Kings 11:24
in 1 Kings 11and had gathered men to himself. When David killed the Zobaites, Rezon captained a band of raiders and went to Damascus, where they settled and gained control.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a troop, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.
KJV
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.
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This verse in 1 Kings 11
Commentary
7 notes on this verseAnd 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 time by plunder, he seized on Damascus, and reigned there till David took Damascus, when he subdued Syria, and drove out Rezon. But after Solomon’s defection from God, Rezon, finding that God had departed from Israel, recovered Damascus; and joining with Hadad, harassed Solomon during the remaining part of his reign. But some think that Hadad and Rezon were the same person.
This site's exposition
another adversary, Rezon
on 1 Kings 11:23-25
Rezon deserted Hadadezer of Zobah after David's victory there, gathered a band, and took Damascus, reigning as an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon. Two men displaced by David's wars, one from the south and one from the north, both raised up against the son who inherited the peace without the fighting. The narrator's own accounting is plain: the glory chapters described gold and horses and a queen of Sheba's wonder; this chapter answers with two standing enemies on two borders.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
A band - Of soldiers, who fled upon that defeat, 2 Sam. x, 18, and others who readily joined them, and lived by robbery; as many Arabians did. Damascus - And took it, whilst Solomon was wallowing in luxury.
And he gathered men unto him,....
Those that are too free in giving provocation ought to consider that perhaps it may be remembered in time to come and returned with interest to theirs after them; having so few friends in this world, it is our wisdom not to make ourselves more enemies than we needs must. Hadad, an Edomite, was an adversary to Solomon.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Then, having acquired great power, he at length became king in Damascus, threw off the yoke, and was "the adversary of Israel all the days of Solomon." He was succeeded by Hadad, whose successors took the official title of Ben-hadad from him, the illustrious founder of the powerful kingdom of Damascene-Syria.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
And (they) reigned - A very slight emendation gives the sense, “they made him king at Damascus.”
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץ | vaiyikbotz | and he gathered | H6908 → | 127 times |
| עָלָיו֙ | ʾalav | with him | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| אֲנָשִׁ֔ים | ʾanashim | men | H582 → | 566 times |
| וַיְהִ֣י | vayhi | and he was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| שַׂר־ | sar- | [the] leader of | H8269 → | 421 times |
| גְּד֔וּד | gedud | a marauding band | H1416 → | |
| בַּהֲרֹ֥ג | baharog | when killed | H2026 → | 167 times |
| דָּוִ֖ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| אֹתָ֑ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וַיֵּלְכ֤וּ | vaiyelekhu | and they went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| דַמֶּ֙שֶׂק֙ | damesek | Damascus | H1834 → | 45 times |
| וַיֵּ֣שְׁבוּ | vaiyeshevu | and they dwelt | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בָ֔הּ | vah | in it | ||
| וַֽיִּמְלְכ֖וּ | vaiyimlekhu | and they reigned | H4427 → | 348 times |
| בְּדַמָּֽשֶׂק׃ | bedamasek | in Damascus | H1834 → | 45 times |
וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץand he gathered
vaiyikbotzH6908 →127 times
עָלָיו֙with him
ʾalavH5921 →5755 times
אֲנָשִׁ֔יםmen
ʾanashimH582 →566 times
וַיְהִ֣יand he was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
שַׂר־[the] leader of
sar-H8269 →421 times
גְּד֔וּדa marauding band
gedudH1416 →
בַּהֲרֹ֥גwhen killed
baharogH2026 →167 times
דָּוִ֖דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
אֹתָ֑ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
וַיֵּלְכ֤וּand they went
vaiyelekhuH1980 →1546 times
דַמֶּ֙שֶׂק֙Damascus
damesekH1834 →45 times
וַיֵּ֣שְׁבוּand they dwelt
vaiyeshevuH3427 →1079 times
בָ֔הּin it
vah
וַֽיִּמְלְכ֖וּand they reigned
vaiyimlekhuH4427 →348 times
בְּדַמָּֽשֶׂק׃in Damascus
bedamasekH1834 →45 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Acts 9:2and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
it leads to
- Acts 19:9
But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
- Acts 19:23
About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.
- Acts 24:14
I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and…
- Acts 22:4–5
I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,
- Acts 24:22
Then Felix, who was well informed about the Way, adjourned the hearing and said, “When Lysias the commander comes, I will decide your case.”
- Acts 19:9
Through
1 Kings 20:34Ben-hadad said to him, “I will restore the cities my father took from your father; you may set up your own marketplaces in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” “By this treaty I…
it leads to
- 1 Kings 15:20
And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and the whole land of Naphtali, including the region of Chinnereth.
- 1 Kings 15:20
Through
2 Samuel 10:18But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobach the commander of their army, who died there.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 19:18
But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven thousand of their charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also killed Shophach the commander of their army.
- 1 Chronicles 19:18
Through
2 Samuel 10:8The Ammonites marched out and arrayed themselves for battle at the entrance of the city gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in…
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 10:6
When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah…
- 2 Samuel 10:6
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.