OLD TESTAMENT

1 Kings 11:25

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He was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, in addition to the mischief of Hadad. He abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.

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Verse 25. Solomon, after he once began. Bible.—Adad. Hebrew “and with the evil of Adad, and he detested Israel.” Menochius.—Razon and Adad conspired to attack Solomon. Bible.—Adad may be the common name of the kings of Damascus. Some copies of the Septuagint do not speak of Razon, but continue the history of Adad, verse 14. They also read Edom here instead of Aram, or Syria, which would remove the confusion. Calmet.—Adad, Razon, and Jeroboam always oppugn Solomon after his fall; and signify the flesh, the world, and the devil. Worthington.

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