1 Kings 11:25

reigned. David had subdued Syria (2Sa 8:3, 2 Samuel 8:6; 2 Samuel 10:8; 2 Samuel 10:18). Now Solomon, weakened by sin, loses Syria.

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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....
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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.
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 re...
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...
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 Davi...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Beside the mischief that Hadad did. — The expression, as it stands, is curiously abrupt in its recurrence to Hadad. But the text is doubtful. (See...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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Adversaries of the Recreant King 1 Kings 11:14-25 Two of the instruments of Solomon's chastisement are enumerated in this paragraph. First, H...
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 e...
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 u...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon ,.... Not all the days of his life, see 1 Kings 5:4 , but all his days, from his first go...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ve...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon This, perhaps, is not to be understood of the whole reign of Solomon, which for the most part...
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 Moa...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Solomon's Adversaries. B. C. 980. 14...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He was a secret enemy, watching all occasions to do them mischief cunningly and privately all that time; and when Solomon had forsaken God, and was f...
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 again...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Solomon's Adversaries and Death
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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. As the...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 5:4 ; 2 Chronicles 15:2 ; 2 Samuel 16:21 ; Deuteronomy 23:7 ; Genesis 34:30 ; Psalms 106:40 ; Zechariah 11:8
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

All adversity — He was a secret enemy, all that time; and when Solomon had forsaken God, he shewed himself openly. Beside — This infelicity was add...

²⁵ 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.

Related Commentaries of 1 Kings 11:25

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Kings 11:25