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Verse 24. _AND 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 ti...
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AND (THEY) REIGNED - A very slight emendation gives the sense, “they
made him king at Damascus.”...
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7. SOLOMON'S FAILURE: JUDGMENT ANNOUNCED AND THE BEGINNING OF
DISRUPTION
CHAPTER 11
_ 1. Solomon's polygamy and departure from God (1 Kings 11:1)_
2. Hadad the Edomite (1 Kings 11:14)
3. Rezon the...
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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 the...
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_and he gathered men unto him_ The LXX. (_Alex._) says -men were
gathered unto him." This only indicates different vowel points to the
same consonants. But the difference in the sense would point to R...
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C. THE REBELLION OF REZON 11:23-25
TRANSLATION
(23) And God raised up to him an adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah,
who had fled from Hadadezer king of Zobah, his lord. (24) And he
gathered around...
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_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 verses...
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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 of i...
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GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY
1 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 11
SOLOMON *WORSHIPS FALSE GODS
V1 Solomon, however, loved many foreign women. He married the
daughter of the king of Egypt. He also mar...
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(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 av...
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וַ יִּקְבֹּ֤ץ עָלָיו֙ אֲנָשִׁ֔ים וַ
יְהִ֣י שַׂר ־גְּד֔וּד בַּ הֲרֹ֥ג
דָּוִ֖ד אֹתָ֑ם וַ יֵּלְכ֤וּ...
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HOLLOW PROSPERITY
1 Kings 11:1
"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 mass of
r...
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BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 4:1; 1
Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1; 1 Kings 8:1;...
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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 enterprise...
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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...
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_Robbers, or (Hebrew and Septuagint) "a band" with whom he made
depredations. (Haydock) --- Damascus, with David's consent, on their
admitting a garrison, (2 Kings viii. 6,) and consenting to pay
trib...
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(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 David...
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Solomon was now at the height of his glory, a vivid type of a greater
than Solomon. And it is only when we see that he really does thus
prefigure the Lord Jesus as King that we can understand the impo...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11 AND 12.
Till now we have had the beautiful picture of God's blessing resting
upon the son of David, whose only desire it had been to possess wisdom
from Go...
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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, and liv...
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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 hi...
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_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 def...
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1 Solomons wiues and concubines.
4 In his old age they draw him to idolatry.
9 God threatneth him.
14 Solomons aduersaries were Hadad, who was intertained in Egypt,
23 Rezon who reigned in Damascu...
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Solomon's Adversaries and Death...
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MANY MARRIAGES LEADING TO IDOLATRY
(vs.1-13)
Solomon also disobeyedDeuteronomy 17:17 in making many marriages with
foreign women, from the Moabites, Alnmonites, Edomites, Sidonians and
Hittites (v.1...
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14-25 While Solomon kept close to God and to his duty, there was no
enemy to give him uneasiness; but here we have an account of two. If
against us, he can make us fear even the least, and the very
gr...
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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 WENT...
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1 Kings 11:24 gathered H6908 (H8799) men H582 captain H8269 band H1416
David H1732 killed H2026 (H8800) went H3212 (H8799) Damascus H1834
dwelt H3427 (H8799) reigned H4427 (H8799) Damascus H1834
to D...
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YHWH RAISES UP THREE ADVERSARIES TO SOLOMON (1 KINGS 11:14).
At the commencement of his reign Solomon had had to deal with three
rebels against the throne, Adonijah, Abiathar and Joab and Shimei (1
Ki...
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CONTENTS: Solomon's heart turned. Chastened of God. Rise of Jeroboam.
Death of Solomon.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hadad, Pharaoh, Rezon, Jeroboam, Adoram,
Ahijah.
CONCLUSION: The way of sin is down...
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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 they...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 11:1 Throughout chs. 1 Kings 1:1 there have
been hints that all is not well with Solomon’s heart. Now comes the
inevitable conclusion: Solomon’s sins have led him to apostasy....
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_HOMILETICS OF 1 Kings 11:14_
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, were plott...
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EXPOSITION
SOLOMON'S ADVERSARIES.—As the historian has collected together in 1
Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1; 1 Kings 8:1, all the information he can convey
respecting the _temple, _and in 1 Kings 9:1; 1 Kin...
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Chapter eleven.
But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughters
of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and
Hittites (1 Kings 11:1);
Now turn back f...
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1 Kings 19:15; 1 Kings 20:34; Acts 9:2; Genesis 14:15...
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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 wallowing in...