There is a league between me and thee, and between
my
father and thy father
For though Hezion, if he is the same with Rezon, was an adversary
to Israel in the days of Solomon, ( 1 Kings
11:25 ) , yet it seems his son was not, but was a confederate
with the kings of Israel and Judah:
behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and
gold;
taken out of the treasury of the temple and his own treasury:
come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that
he may
depart from me;
it was sinful in him to take the money out of the temple, to
which it was dedicated; it was more so to make use of it to bribe
an Heathen to break his covenant and alliance with another, in
order to serve him; in which he betrayed great distrust of the
Lord, and of his power to help him; which was the more
aggravated, when he had had such a wonderful appearance of God
for him against the Ethiopians, see ( 2 Chronicles
16:7 2 Chronicles
16:8 ) .
