Hadad (Bible)

Multiple biblical characters with the name Hadad (Hadar) existed. Hadad is a name of one rain god who was also called Baʿal.

  • Abraham's son Ishmael had a son named Hadad who was a chief.[1]
  • Hadad ben Bedad, an early king of Edom.
  • Hada, the last king of Edom[2][3] He ruled from Pau, Edom,[4] which some biblical scholars identify as an Egyptian city. Hadad’s wife was Queen Mehetabel ("God makes happy"), daughter of Matred and granddaughter of Me-Zahab.[5]
  • Hadad, a member of the royal house of Edom, who escaped the massacre under Joab and fled to Egypt.

Notes

  1. ^ Genesis 25:12-18
  2. ^ Genesis 36:39.
  3. ^ Kabbalah of Creation: The Mysticism of Isaac Luria, Founder of Modern Kabbalah. Edited by Eliahu Klein.
  4. ^ 1 Chronicles 1:50
  5. ^ Mehetabel

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