הֲדַדְעֶזֶרHădadʻezer

Hadadezer, a Syrian king

Pronunciation: had-ad-eh'-zer · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1909

Meanings

proper name, masculine: Hadadezer, king of צוֺבָה (q. v.), son of רְחֹב, defeated by David (1 Kings 20:1; 2 Samuel 8:3; 2 Samuel 8:5; 2 Samuel 8:10; 2 Samuel 8:12)

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Where it appears

Appears 9 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Samuel 8:3 David also destroyed the forces of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when Hadadezer marched out to strengthen his control along the Euphrates River.
  • 2 Samuel 8:5 When Arameans from Damascus arrived to help King Hadadezer, David killed 22,000 of them.
  • 2 Samuel 8:7 David brought the gold shields of Hadadezer’s officers to Jerusalem,
  • 2 Samuel 8:8 along with a large amount of bronze from Hadadezer’s towns of Tebah and Berothai.
  • 2 Samuel 8:9 When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had destroyed the entire army of Hadadezer,
  • 2 Samuel 8:10 he sent his son Joram to congratulate King David for his successful campaign. Hadadezer and Toi had been enemies and were often at war. Joram presented David with many gifts of silver, gold, and bronze.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).