Category:Hadad

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Hadad - Adod, brave(?), the name of a Syrian god. (1.) An Edomite king who defeated the Midianites (Genesis 36:35; 1 Chronicles 1:46). (2.) Another Edomite king (1 Chronicles 1:50, 1 Chronicles 1:51), called also Hadar (Genesis 36:39; 1 Chronicles 1:51). (3.) One of "the king's seed in Edom." He fled into Egypt, where he married the sister of Pharaoh's wife (1 Kings 11:14). He became one of Solomon's adversaries. (4.) 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).