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Hadad was the name of the senior Aramean deity. Particular kings of Aram-Damascus: Ben-Hadad I, king of Aram Damascus between 885 BCE and 865 BCE; Hadadezer (Ben-Hadad II), king of Aram Damascus at the time of the battle of Qarqar against the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III in 853 BCE. Also known as Adad-Idri (Assyr.) and possibly the same as Bar ...
Ben-Hadad I (Hebrew: בֶּן־הֲדַד, romanized: Ben-Hăḏaḏ), [1] son of Tabrimmon and grandson of Hezion, was king of Aram-Damascus between 885 BCE and 865 BCE. Ben-Hadad I was reportedly a contemporary of kings Baasha of the Kingdom of Israel and Asa of the Kingdom of Judah.
Hadadezer (Imperial Aramaic: הַדִדעֶזֶר, romanized: Haḏiḏ-ʿezer / ˌ h æ d ə ˈ d iː z ər /; "[the god] Hadad is help" [1]); also known as Adad-Idri (Akkadian: 𒀭𒅎𒀉𒊑, romanized: d IM-id-ri), and possibly the same as Bar- or Ben-Hadad II, was the king of Aram-Damascus between 865 and 842 BC.
Hazael is first mentioned by name in 1 Kings 19:15.God tells Elijah the prophet to anoint Hazael king of Syria. Years after this, the Syrian king Ben-Hadad II, probably identical to the Hadadezer mentioned in the Tel Dan stele, was ill and sent his court official Hazael with gifts to Elijah's successor, Elisha.
Some royal names are discovered in the Hebrew Bible. Kings of Aram Damascus: Hezion; Tabrimmon, son of Hezion; Ben-Hadad I, son of Tabrimmon; Ben-Hadad II or Hadadezer, mentioned in the Tel Dan Stele may be identical to biblical Ben-Hadad II. Hazael; Ben-Hadad III, son of Hazael; Rezin; Hadadezer bar Rehob, king of Zobah
However, Kenneth Kitchen disagrees and states that there is no actual evidence that connects the Melqart stele to Ben-Hadad I. [4] a recent re-analysis of the stele indicated that the Ben-Hadad referred to is actually the king of Arpad. [5] Hackett and Wilson-Wright reconstitute the first two lines of the inscription as, "1. The statue which ...
Bar-Hadad III (ܒܪ ܚܕܕ) or Ben-Hadad III (בֶּן-הֲדַד) was king of Aram Damascus, the son and successor of Hazael. His succession is mentioned in 2 Kings (13:3, 13:24). He is thought to have ruled from 796 BC to 792 BC, although there are many conflicting opinions among Biblical archaeologists as to the length of his reign.
Later Aramean kings of Damascus seem to have habitually assumed the title of Ben-Hadad (son of Hadad). One was Ben-Hadad, the king of Aram whom the Judean king Asa sent to invade the northern Kingdom of Israel. [25] A votive basalt stele from the 9th or 8th century, BCE found in Bredsh north of Aleppo, is dedicated to Melqart and bears the name ...