Bible Characters & Character Studies
Rezon
First appears at 1 Kings 11:23
First named in Scripture at 1 Kings 11:23 — read the chapter.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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 Samuel 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.”