And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, besides the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Solomon, after he once began. (Haydock)
Adad. Hebrew, "and with the evil of Adad, and he detested Israel. "(Menochius)
Razon and Adad conspired to attack Solomon. (Haydock)
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, ver. 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)
