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1 Kings 11:25

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Rezon was Israel’s enemy throughout the days of Solomon, adding to the trouble caused by Hadad. So Rezon ruled over Aram with hostility toward Israel.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, besides the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.

KJV

And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.

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This verse in 1 Kings 11

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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.

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 commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

All adversity - He was a secret enemy, all that time; and when Solomon had forsaken God, he shewed himself openly. Beside - This infelicity was added to the former; whilst Hadad molested him in the south, Rezon threatened him in the north. But what hurt could Hadad or Rezon have done, to so powerful a king as Solomon, if he had not by sin made himself mean and weak?

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

40 Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. We have here the first mention of that infamous name Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that made Israel to sin; he is here brought upon the stage as an adversary to Solomon, whom God had expressly told (

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The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיְהִ֨יand he was

    vayhiH1961 →3559 times

  • שָׂטָ֤ןan adversary

    satanH7854 →27 times

  • לְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙of Israel

    leyisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • יְמֵ֣י[the] days of

    yemeiH3117 →2304 times

  • שְׁלֹמֹ֔הSolomon

    shelomohH8010 →291 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH854 →929 times

  • הָרָעָ֖ה<the> harm

    haraahH7451 →662 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • הֲדָ֑דHadad

    hadadH1908 →12 times

  • וַיָּ֙קָץ֙and he loathed

    vaiyakotzH6973 →

  • בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל<in> Israel

    beyisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְand he reigned

    vaiyimlokhH4427 →348 times

  • עַל־over

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • אֲרָֽם׃ פAram

    ʾaramH758 →143 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

7 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Samuel 16:21Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”2 works2 Chronicles 15:2So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.2 works1 Kings 5:4But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary or crisis.2 worksGenesis 34:30Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”2 worksZechariah 11:8And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.2 worksPsalms 106:40So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.2 works
The other 1 cross-references, with their words ▾
Deuteronomy 23:7Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    2 Chronicles 15:2

    So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him,…

    it leads to

    • James 4:8

      Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

    • 2 Chronicles 24:20

      Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments…

    • 2 Chronicles 15:4

      But in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, and He was found by them.

    • 1 Chronicles 28:9

      As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought.…

    • Jeremiah 29:12–14

      Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

  • Through

    1 Kings 5:4

    But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary or crisis.

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 22:9

      But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and…

    • 1 Kings 4:24

      For Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates—over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza—and he had peace on all sides.

  • Through

    Zechariah 11:8

    And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.

    it leads to

    • John 15:18

      If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.

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About 1 Kings

King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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This page draws on 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.

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