Ben-Hadad I.
Ben-Hadad I ( Old Hebrew בנהדד Ben-Hadad, Old Aramaic ברהדד Bar-Hadad) "son of Hadad ", son of Tabrimmon , was around 890–870 BC. King of Aram (Damascus) . According to the Bible , he waged a campaign against the northern kingdom of Israel after being bribed by Asa from Judah .
Ben-Hadad's conquest of Ijon and Abel Beth-Maacha with the devastation of the sanctuary of Dan is considered to be the beginning of the Syrian invasion of Israel.
It is possible that he set up a stele for the god Melkart found near Aleppo , but it is hardly legible due to severe damage.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nelson Beecher Keyes: From Paradise to Golgotha. The history of the biblical world in words and pictures with many maps. (American original edition: Story of the Bible Word , CS Hammond & Co. 1959 and 1962) Translated by Werner Buhre. Das Beste, Stuttgart / Zurich / Vienna 1964, pp. 56 and 69.
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SURNAME | Ben-Hadad I. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | King of Aram |
DATE OF BIRTH | 10th century BC Chr. |
DATE OF DEATH | 9th century BC Chr. |