Atlas Biblica

    person

    Rezon

    רְזוֹן

    Rezon, son of Eliada, was an adversary of Solomon who reigned over Aram (Syria) in Damascus.

    verses
    1
    first named
    1 Kings 11:23
    last named
    1 Kings 11:25
    period
    United Monarchy
    role
    Man

    Description

    Who was Rezon?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Rezon, the son of Eliada, was an adversary of Solomon, king of Israel (1Ki.11.23). He had fled from his master, Hadadezer, king of Zobah, when David defeated Hadadezer's army (1Ki.11.23-24; 2Sa.8.3-8). Rezon gathered a band of men and became their leader, eventually establishing himself as king in Damascus, the capital of Aram (Syria) (1Ki.11.24). Throughout Solomon's reign, Rezon was an adversary to Israel, causing trouble alongside another of Solomon's adversaries, Hadad the Edomite (1Ki.11.25). The hostility between Rezon and Solomon was likely due to Solomon's control over the trade routes and his expanding influence in the region. The rise of Rezon as king of Aram and his opposition to Israel set the stage for the ongoing conflicts between the two kingdoms in the following centuries, as seen in the accounts of later kings of Israel and Judah.

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    How the graph connects Rezon6 of 6 entities the graph connects to Rezon, in 2 groups: kinship 1, events 5. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.EliadaChild of · 1 verseKinshipIsrael1 event · 2,578 versesSolomon1 event · 272 versesDamascus1 event · 55 versesHadadezer1 event · 18 versesHadad1 event · 5 versesEventsRezon

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    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Rezon happensThe one place the claims about Rezon reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Damascus. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Rezon there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Damascus
    United MonarchyThe one place the claims about Rezon reach

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    1. 1 Kings1 verse

      11:23

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    ElsewhereIsraelPatriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribesElsewhereDavidAnointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus ChristElsewhereJudahIsraelite tribe, kingdom, and province

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