3 Kings 11:23
God also raised up against him an adversary, Razon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master Adarezer the king of Soba:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Suscitavit quoque ei Deus adversarium Razon filium Eliada, qui fugerat Adarezer regem Soba dominum suum :
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from 3 Kings 11:14
- Καὶ ἤγειρεν Κύριος σατὰν τῷ Σαλωμὼν τὸν Ἁδὲρ τὸν Ἰδουμαῖον καὶ τὸν Ἑσρὼμ υἱὸν Ἐλιαδᾶε τὸν ἐν Ῥαεμμααὲρ Ἁδράζαρ βασιλέα Σουβὰ κύριον αὐτοῦ. καὶ συνηθροίσθησαν ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸν ἄνδρες, καὶ ἦν ἄρχων συστρέμματος καὶ προκατελάβετο τὴν Δαμάσεκ· καὶ ἦσαν σατὰν τῷ Ἰσραὴλ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας Σαλωμών· καὶ Ἁδὲρ ὁ Ἰδουμαῖος ἐκ τοῦ σπέρματος τῆς βασιλείας ἐν Ἰδουμαίᾳ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיָּ֨קֶם אֱלֹהִ֥ים לוֹ֙ שָׂטָ֔ן אֶת רְז֖וֹן בֶּן אֶלְיָדָ֑ע אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּרַ֗ח מֵאֵ֛ת הֲדַדְעֶ֥זֶר מֶֽלֶךְ צוֹבָ֖ה אֲדֹנָֽיו
Haydock's commentary
Razon. He must have been now about 94 years old; unless this was the son of Aderezer's general. (Salien) (Menochius)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St Cyprian Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews, Testimony LXXX
In the Gospel according to John: “Jesus said, Thou couldest have no power against me, unless it were given thee from above.” Also in the third of Kings: “And God stirred up Satan against Solomon himself.” Also in Job, first of all God permitted, and then it was allowed to the devil; and in the Gospel, the Lord first permitted, by saying to Judas, “What thou doest, do quickly.” Also in Solomon, in the Proverbs: “The heart of the king is in God’s hand.”