23 And God raised up another adversary against him, Rezon the son of Eliadah, who had fled from his lord, (A)Hadadezer king of Zobah.

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Adversaries of Solomon

14 Now the Lord (A)raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was a descendant of the king in Edom.

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David also defeated Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of (A)Zobah, as he went to recover (B)his territory at the River Euphrates.

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16 You will come up against My people Israel like a cloud, to cover the land. It will be in the latter days that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may (A)know Me, when I am (B)hallowed in you, O Gog, before their eyes.”

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I (A)am the Lord, and (B)there is no other;
There is no God besides Me.
(C)I will gird you, though you have not known Me,

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26 “Did you not hear (A)long ago
How I made it,
From ancient times that I formed it?
Now I have brought it to pass,
That you should be
For crushing fortified cities into heaps of ruins.

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17 “Behold,(A) I will stir up the Medes against them,
Who will not [a]regard silver;
And as for gold, they will not delight in it.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 13:17 esteem

Urgent Prayer for the Restored Favor of God(A)

To the Chief Musician. (B)Set to [a]“Lily of the Testimony.” A Michtam of David. For teaching. (C)When he fought against Mesopotamia and Syria of Zobah, and Joab returned and killed twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

60 O God, (D)You have cast us off;
You have broken us down;
You have been displeased;
Oh, restore us again!

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 60:1 Heb. Shushan Eduth

End of the Babylonian Captivity(A)

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord (B)by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, (C)so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,

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16 Now when the Syrians saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers and brought the Syrians who were beyond [a]the River, and [b]Shophach the commander of Hadadezer’s army went before them. 17 When it was told David, he gathered all Israel, crossed over the Jordan and came upon them, and set up in battle array against them. So when David had set up in battle array against the Syrians, they fought with him. 18 Then the Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed [c]seven thousand charioteers and forty thousand [d]foot soldiers of the Syrians, and killed Shophach the commander of the army. 19 And when the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became his servants. So the Syrians were not willing to help the people of Ammon anymore.

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When the people of Ammon saw that they had made themselves repulsive to David, Hanun and the people of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from [a]Mesopotamia, from Syrian Maacah, (A)and from [b]Zobah.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 19:6 Heb. Aram Naharaim
  2. 1 Chronicles 19:6 Zoba, 2 Sam. 10:6

And (A)David [a]defeated [b]Hadadezer king of Zobah as far as Hamath, as he went to establish his power by the River Euphrates. David took from him one thousand chariots, [c]seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. Also David [d]hamstrung all the chariot horses, except that he spared enough of them for one hundred chariots.

When the (B)Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand of the Syrians. Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became David’s servants, and brought tribute. So the Lord preserved David wherever he went. And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. Also from [e]Tibhath and from [f]Chun, cities of [g]Hadadezer, David brought a large amount of (C)bronze, with which (D)Solomon made the bronze [h]Sea, the pillars, and the articles of bronze.

Now when [i]Tou king of Hamath heard that David had [j]defeated all the army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 18:3 Lit. struck
  2. 1 Chronicles 18:3 Heb. Hadarezer
  3. 1 Chronicles 18:4 seven hundred, 2 Sam. 8:4
  4. 1 Chronicles 18:4 crippled
  5. 1 Chronicles 18:8 Betah, 2 Sam. 8:8
  6. 1 Chronicles 18:8 Berothai, 2 Sam. 8:8
  7. 1 Chronicles 18:8 Heb. Hadarezer
  8. 1 Chronicles 18:8 Great laver or basin
  9. 1 Chronicles 18:9 Toi, 2 Sam. 8:9, 10
  10. 1 Chronicles 18:9 Lit. struck

11 And David said to Abishai and all his servants, “See how (A)my son who (B)came from my own body seeks my life. How much more now may this Benjamite? Let him alone, and let him curse; for so the Lord has ordered him.

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15 When the Syrians saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they gathered together. 16 Then [a]Hadadezer sent and brought out the Syrians who were beyond [b]the River, and they came to Helam. And [c]Shobach the commander of Hadadezer’s army went before them. 17 When it was told David, he gathered all Israel, crossed over the Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in battle array against David and fought with him. 18 Then the Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed seven hundred charioteers and forty thousand (A)horsemen of the Syrians, and struck Shobach the commander of their army, who died there.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 10:16 Heb. Hadarezer
  2. 2 Samuel 10:16 The Euphrates
  3. 2 Samuel 10:16 Shophach, 1 Chr. 19:16

Then the people of Ammon came out and put themselves in battle array at the entrance of the gate. And (A)the Syrians of Zoba, Beth Rehob, Ish-Tob, and Maacah were by themselves in the field.

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