King James Version
1 Kings 11:25 in the King James Version says “And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, a...” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.”
1 Kings 11:25 · KJV
And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:
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.
And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king.
And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father. repaired: Heb. closed
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“And he was an adversary”
H7854an opponent; especially (with the article prefixed) satan, the arch-enemy of good
“Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all the days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“that Hadad”
H1908hadad, the name of an idol, and of several kings of edom, possibly a royal title
“Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“over Syria”
H758aram or syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of shem, a grandson of nahor, and of an israelite
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