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Hadad

Hebrew: הֲדַד —transliteration: Hadad

This was the name of 4 Biblical men and a false god.

  1. Hadad, a false god of weather and storms

    also known as: Haddad, Hadda, Adad, Baal Hadad, Baal-Zephon, Ba'al Hadad, Ba'al-Hadad, Iškur (Iskur), Pidar, Ramman, Rammanu (“Thunderer”), Rapiu, The Storm God, Lord of the Sky, Rider on the Clouds, son of Anu, lord of Karkara, son of the moon god Nanna/Sin by Ningal, or often simply Ba'al (Baal)

    He was symbolized by the bull or wore a bull-horned headdress, and was introduced to Mesopotamia by the Amorites, where he became known as the Akkadian (Assyrian-Babylonian) god Adad.

    Heathen cities where he was worshipped include Baalbek, Gerdshin, and Ugarit.

    During the their exodus from Egypt, the Israelites worshiped a false idol in the shape of a golden calf, and they called it “El (God) the Bull.”

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  2. Hadad, an Edomite king

    also known as: Hadad ben Bedad

    He is a son of Bedad. He defeated the Midianites in Moab.

    Then Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who struck down Midian in the field of Moab, became king in his place; and the name of his city was Avith. —Genesis 36:35, with these facts repeated in 1 Chronicles 1:46

    The location of Avith has been lost to time. It is assumed to be in what is now modern southern Israel or the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

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  3. Hadad, another Edomite king

    also known as: Hadar

    …When Baal-hanan died, Hadad became king in his place; and the name of his city was Pai, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. … —1 Chronicles 1:50-51 excerpt

    He is also called Hadar (Genesis 36:39; 1 Chronicles 1:51).

  4. Hadad, a prince

    He was one of “the king’s seed in Edom.”

    He fled into Egypt, where he married the sister of Pharaoh’s wife (1 Kings 11:14-22)

    He became one of Solomon’s adversaries.

  5. Hadad (Hadar), son of Ishmael

    Hebrew: חֲדַד —transliteration: Chadad —meaning: fierce; sharp (a different Hebrew name than the preceding)

    This was the 9th son of Ishmael (1 Chronicles 1:29-31) and thus an Ishmaelite. He is also called Hadar (Genesis 25:15 KJV).

    Relatives of Hadad, the Ishmaelite

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Article Version: March 18, 2026