1 Kings 11:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah: ”

1 Kings 11:23 - Albert 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 Damascu...
1 Kings 11:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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.
1 Kings 11:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 t...
1 Kings 11:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah: Rezon the son of Eliadah - Thus God fulfilled his threatening by the prophet Na...
1 Kings 11:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 whil...
1 Kings 11:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 ma...
1 Kings 11:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 o...
1 Kings 11:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(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 a...
1 Kings 11:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

HOLLOW PROSPERITY 1 Kings 11:1-43 "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...
1 Kings 11:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Breaking Three Commandments 1 Kings 21:1-29 ; 1 Kings 1:1-53 ; 1 Kings 2:1-46 ; 1 Kings 3:1-28 ; 1 Kings 4:1-34 ; 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 ; 1 Kings 8:1-66 ; 1 Ki...
1 Kings 11:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 enterpris...
1 Kings 11:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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 Davi...
1 Kings 11:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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...
1 Kings 11:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
1 Kings 11:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 de...
1 Kings 11:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

MANY MARRIAGES LEADING TO IDOLATRY (vs.1-13) Solomon also disobeyed Deuteronomy 17:17 in making many marriages with foreign women, from the Moabites, Alnmonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittite...
1 Kings 11:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Solomon's Adversaries. B. C. 980. 14 And the L ORD stirred up an adversary unto Solom...
1 Kings 11:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 Psalms 60:1 .
1 Kings 11:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Raises Up Three Adversaries to Solomon ( 1 Kings 11:14-40 ). At the commencement of his reign Solomon had had to deal with three rebels against the throne, Adonijah, Abiathar and Joab and Shi...
1 Kings 11:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

HOMILETICS OF 1 Kings 11:14-40 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, w...
1 Kings 11:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 t...
1 Kings 11:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION SOLOMON 'S ADVERSARIES .—As the historian has collected together in 1 Kings 6:1-11 ; 1 Kings 7:1-11 ; 1 Kings 8:1-11 , all the information he can convey respecting the temple,...
1 Kings 11:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Solomon's Adversaries and Death
1 Kings 11:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 18:3-9 ; 1 Chronicles 19:16-19 ; 1 Chronicles 19:6 ; 1 Kings 11:14 ; 2 Samuel 10:15-18 ; 2 Samuel 10:8 ; 2 Samuel 16:11 ; 2 Samuel 8:3 ; Ezekiel 38:16 ; Ezra 1:1 ; Isaiah 13:1...
1 Kings 11:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Who fled — When David had defeated him. Zobah — A part of Syria, between Damascus and Euphrates.

1 Kings 11:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Kings 11:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Kings 11:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 11:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 11:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 11:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 11:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 11:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Kings 11:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 11:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 11:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 11:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 11:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 11:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 11:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 11:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 11:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 11:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 11:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 11:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 11:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 11:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 11:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 11:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 11:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes