Hadad, sharp, (a different name in Hebrew from the preceding), one of the
sons of Ishmael (1 Chronicles 1:30). Called also Hadar (Genesis 25:15).
- HADADEZER Hadad is help; called also Hadarezer, Adod is his help, the
king of Zobah. Hanun, the king of the Ammonites, hired among others the
army of Hadadezer to assist him in his war against David. Joab, who was
sent against this confederate host, found them in double battle array, the
Ammonities toward their capital of Rabbah, and the Syrian mercenaries
near Medeba. In the battle which was fought the Syrians were scattered,
and the Ammonites in alarm fled into their capital. After this Hadadezer
went north “to recover his border” (2 Samuel 8:3, A.V.); but rather, as the
Revised Version renders, “to recover his dominion”, i.e., to recruit his
forces. Then followed another battle with the Syrian army thus recruited,
which resulted in its being totally routed at Helam (2 Samuel 10:17).
Shobach, the leader of the Syrian army, died on the field of battle. The
Syrians of Damascus, who had come to help Hadadezer, were also routed,
and Damascus was made tributary to David. All the spoils taken in this
war, “shields of gold” and “very much brass,” from which afterwards the
“brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass” for the temple were
made (1 Chronicles 18:8), were brought to Jerusalem and dedicated to
Jehovah. Thus the power of the Ammonites and the Syrians was finally
broken, and David’s empire extended to the Euphrates (2 Samuel 10:15-19;
1 Chronicles 19:15-19). - HADAD-RIMMON (composed of the names of two Syrian idols), the
name of a place in the valley of Megiddo. It is alluded to by the prophet
Zechariah (12:11) in a proverbial expression derived from the lamentation
for Josiah, who was mortally wounded near this place (2 Chronicles
35:22-25). It has been identified with the modern Rummaneh, a village “at
the foot of the Megiddo hills, in a notch or valley about an hour and a half
south of Tell Metzellim.” - HADAR Adod, brave(?). (1.) A son of Ishmael (Genesis 25:15); in 1
Chronicles 1:30 written Hadad.
(2.) One of the Edomitish kings (Genesis 36:39) about the time of Saul.
Called also Hadad (1 Chronicles 1:50, 51).
It is probable that in these cases Hadar may be an error simply of
transcription for Hadad.