1 Kings 11:24 - Easy To Read Version

²⁴ After David defeated the army of Zobah, Rezon gathered some men and became the leader of a small army. Rezon went to Damascus and stayed there. Rezon became king of Damascus.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ Rezon gathered men about him and became leader of a marauding band after the slaughter by David. They went to Damascus and dwelt and made [Rezon] king in Damascus.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a troop, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.

Common English Bible

²⁴ Rezon recruited men and became leader of a band when David was killing them. They went to Damascus, stayed there, and ruled it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ And he gathered together men against him. And when David put those of Zobah to death, he became a leader of robbers. And they went away to Damascus, and they lived there. And they appointed him to be king of Damascus.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ And he gathered men against him, and he became a captain of robbers, when David slew them of Soba. And they went to Damascus, and dwelt there: and they made him king in Damascus.

1 Kings 11:24 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 14:15

That night, he and his men made a surprise attack against the enemy. They defeated the enemy and chased them to Hobah, north of Damascus.

2 Samuel 10:18

But {David defeated the Arameans, and} the Arameans ran away from the Israelites. David killed 700 chariot drivers and 40,000 horse soldiers. David also killed Shobach the captain of the Aramean army.

2 Samuel 10:6

The Ammonites saw that they had become David’s enemies. So the Ammonites hired Arameans from Beth Rehob and Zobah. There were 20,000 Aramean foot soldiers. The Ammonites also hired the king of Maacah with 1,000 men and 12,000 men from Tob.

2 Samuel 10:8

The Ammonites came out and got ready for the battle. They stood at the city gate. The Arameans from Zobah and Rehob, and the men from Tob and Maacah did not stand together with the Ammonites in the field.

2 Samuel 8:3

Hadadezer son of Rehob was king of Zobah. David defeated Hadadezer when David went to take control [54] of the area near the Euphrates River.

1 Kings 11:25

Rezon ruled Aram. Rezon hated Israel, so he continued to be an enemy of Israel all of the time that Solomon lived. Rezon and Hadad caused much trouble for Israel.

1 Kings 15:18

So Asa took silver and gold from the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the king’s palace. He gave the silver and gold to his servants and sent them to Ben Hadad, the king of Aram. Ben Hadad was the son of Tabrimmon. Tabrimmon was the son of Hezion. Damascus was Ben Hadad’s capital city.

1 Kings 19:15

The Lord said, “Go back on the road that leads to the desert around Damascus. Go into Damascus, and anoint [214] Hazael as king over Aram.

1 Kings 20:34

Ben Hadad said to him, “Ahab, I will give you the towns that my father took from your father. And you can put shops in Damascus, like my father did in Samaria.”

2 Kings 14:28

All the great things that Jeroboam did are written in the book The History of the Kings of Israel. This includes the story about Jeroboam winning back Damascus and Hamath for Israel. (These cities had belonged to Judah.)

2 Kings 8:7

Elisha went to Damascus. Ben Hadad king of Aram was sick. A person told Ben Hadad, “The man of God [94] has come here.”

Acts 9:2

Saul asked him to write letters to the Jews of the synagogues {\cf2\super [185]} in the city of Damascus. Saul wanted the high priest to give him the authority to find people in Damascus who were followers of the Way \{of Jesus\}. If he found any believers there, men or women, he would arrest them and bring them back to Jerusalem.