Bible Dictionary · R
Rezon
Prince, son of Eliadah. Abandoning the service of Hadadezer, the king of Zobah, on the occasion of his being defeated by David, he became the “captain over a band” of marauders, and took Damascus, and became king of Syria (1 Kgs 11:23–25; 2 Sam 8:3–8). For centuries after this the Syrians were the foes of Israel. He “became an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon.”
Named in the Bible
1 verse
- 1 Kings 11:23 And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
