Rezon (Ree´zuhn; Heb., “potentate”)

The son of Eliadah (1Kgs 11:23), one of two foreign and one Israelite adversaries raised by God against Solomon. In this context, they are raised up against Solomon on account of Solomon’s sin in taking foreign wives. He is sometimes identified with Hezion (1Kgs 15:18), the Aramean Rezon who mutinied against Hadadezer and established in Damascus an independent fiefdom that broke free of Israelite hegemony.