Bible Person
Meaning: lean; small; secret; prince · Male · 1 cross reference
Rezon is the adversary who becomes ruler in Damascus in 1 Kings 11:23. He belongs to the network of external threats that arise during Solomon's later years. First appears in 1 Kgs 11:23.1
Name meaning
lean; small; secret; prince
Identity
male
First appears
1 Kgs 11:23
AI summary: Rezon matters because his single cross reference shows that Solomon's reign, despite its splendor, is not free from God-permitted opposition. The entry helps mark the emergence of long-term geopolitical trouble from Syria. Taken together, the material presents Rezon as a foreign adversary in the later Solomonic period.1
Central Figure
Rezon
Meaning: lean; small; secret; prince
Prince, son of Eliadah.
Name meaning
lean; small; secret; prince
Identity
male
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 Kings 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.” 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.