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• TahpenesPeople

  Tahpenes was the queen of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, around the time of David and Solomon. She is mentioned twice in 1 Kings 11 as the sister-in-law of Hadad the Edomite.

• GenubathPeople

  Genubath was the son of Hadad, a member of the Edomite royal house, and the sister of Tahpenes, queen of Egypt. He is mentioned only once, in 1 Kings 11:20, which records that he was raised in Pharaoh's household among Pharaoh's sons.

• HushamPeople

  Husham was one of the kings who reigned over Edom before any king ruled over Israel. He came from the land of the Temanites, succeeded Jobab, and was succeeded by Hadad the son of Bedad.

• Hadad (Son of Bedad)People

  Hadad, the son of Bedad, was a king who reigned over Edom before any king ruled over Israel. He succeeded Husham, defeated the Midianites in the field of Moab, and his royal city was Avith.

• Ben-hadadPeople

  Ben-hadad is the name of a king, or kings, of Aram (capital Damascus) in the Old Testament. The name means "son of Hadad," Hadad being the Aramean storm god, and it appears in accounts from the reigns of Asa, Ahab, and Joash. Scholars disagree on whether it refers to one king or to several.

• HadadrimmonBible

  Hadadrimmon is a place name that appears only once in the Bible, in Zechariah 12:11. It is described as lying in the valley of Megiddo, and the great mourning that took place there serves as the point of comparison for the future mourning of Jerusalem.

• HazaelPeople

  Hazael was a king of Aram, with his capital at Damascus, in the late ninth century BC. He killed Ben-hadad, seized the throne, and attacked Israel and Judah on several occasions.

• 1 Kings 20Bible

  The account of Ahab, king of the northern kingdom of Israel, defeating Ben-hadad, king of Aram, in two battles, at Samaria and at Aphek. When Ahab makes a covenant with the surrendered Ben-hadad and lets him go, a prophet rebukes him.

• 2 Chronicles 16Bible

  2 Chronicles 16 covers the final years of Asa, king of Judah. Under pressure from Baasha, king of Israel, Asa made an alliance with Ben-hadad, king of Aram, and imprisoned Hanani the seer, who rebuked him for it. The chapter closes with Asa's illness, death, and burial.

• 1 Kings 11Bible

  First Kings 11 recounts how Solomon, led astray by his foreign wives, served other gods and provoked the Lord's anger. Hadad, Rezon, and Jeroboam rise up as adversaries, the division of the kingdom is foretold, and Solomon dies.

• TabrimmonPeople

  Tabrimmon is a biblical figure named once, in 1 Kings 15:18, as the son of Hezion and the father of Ben-hadad, king of Aram. He belonged to the Aramean royal house centered at Damascus.

• HezionPeople

  Hezion is a king of Aram named only in 1 Kings 15:18, where he appears as the father of Tabrimon and the grandfather of Ben-hadad, king of Syria.

• 2 Kings 6Bible

  A chapter of 2 Kings in which Elisha makes a sunken axe head float, strikes the Aramean army surrounding Dothan with blindness, leads them to Samaria, and has them sent home. It closes with the severe famine caused by Ben-hadad's siege of Samaria.

• HananiPeople

  Hanani was a seer (prophet) in the reign of King Asa of Judah. He was imprisoned after rebuking the king for relying on the king of Aram instead of on God. He appears in 2 Chronicles 16 and is also recorded as the father of the prophet Jehu.

• HadadezerPeople

  Hadadezer, son of Rehob, was king of the Aramean kingdom of Zobah in the time of David. David defeated him in two campaigns, and as a result the Aramean region came under Israelite influence.