1 Kings 11:24 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

1 Kings 11:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And (they) reigned - A very slight emendation gives the sense, “they made him king at Damascus.”
1 Kings 11:24 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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, (n) and reigned in Damascus. (n) That is, the men whom he...
1 Kings 11:24 - 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 11:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. And reigned in Damascus - Rezon w...
1 Kings 11:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. No JFB commentary on these...
1 Kings 11:24 - 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 11:24 - 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 11:24 - 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 11:24 - 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 11:24 - 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 11:24 - 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 11:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he gathered men unto him ,.... Perhaps some of the scattered forces of his master: and became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah ; some that escaped enlisted under this man, an...
1 Kings 11:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 24. He gathered men unto...
1 Kings 11:24 - 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 11:24 - 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 11:24 - 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 11:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Over a band, to wit, of soldiers, who fled and dispersed themselves upon that defeat, 2Sa 10 , and others who readily joined themselves with them, and lived by robbery, as many Arabians did. They...
1 Kings 11:24 - 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 11:24 - 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 11:24 - 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 11:24 - 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 11:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Solomon's Adversaries and Death
1 Kings 11:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 19:15 ; 1 Kings 20:34 ; Acts 9:2 ; Genesis 14:15
1 Kings 11:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A band — Of soldiers, who fled upon that defeat, 2 Samuel 10:18 , and others who readily joined them, and lived by robbery; as many Arabians did. Damascus — And took it, whilst Solomon was wallowi...

1 Kings 11:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Kings 11:24 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Kings 11:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 11:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 11:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 11:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 11:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Kings 11:24 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 11:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 11:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 11:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 11:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 11:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 11:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 11:24 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 11:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 11:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 11:24 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 11:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 11:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 11:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 11:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 11:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 11:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes