ben-hadad · Ben-hadad

What it means

ben-hadad (בֶּן־הֲדַד) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Ben-hadad”.

A name meaning "son of Hadad" (Hadad was the storm god of the Arameans). It was borne by several kings of Aram who reigned in Damascus, among them the one who made a pact with Asa and the one who fought against Ahab.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 1 Kings×30
• 2 Kings×12
• 2 Chronicles×4
• Jeremiah×2
• Amos×2

• 1 Kings 15:18

  Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasuries of the house of YHWH and the treasuries of the house of the king, and gave them into the hand of his servants; and King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, son of Hezion, king of Aram, who lived in Damascus, saying,

• 1 Kings 15:20

  Ben-hadad listened to King Asa, and sent the commanders of the troops that he had against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon and Dan and Abel-beth-maacah and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

• 1 Kings 20:1

  Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his troops; thirty and two kings were with him, and horses and chariots. He went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.

• 1 Kings 20:3

  and said to him, “Thus says Ben-hadad: ‘Your silver and your gold are mine, and your wives and your sons, the best ones, are mine.’”

• 1 Kings 20:5

  The messengers came back and said, “Thus says Ben-hadad, saying, ‘Indeed I sent to you, saying, “Your silver and your gold, and your wives and your sons you shall give to me.”

• 1 Kings 20:9

  So he said to the messengers of Ben-hadad, “Say to my lord the king, ‘All that you sent to ask of your servant the first time, I will do; but this thing I cannot do.’” The messengers went away and brought him back word.

• 1 Kings 20:10

  Ben-hadad sent to him and said, “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add, if the dust of Samaria is enough for handfuls for all the people who follow me.”

• 1 Kings 20:16

  They went out at noon, while Ben-hadad was drinking and drunk in the booths, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings helping him.

• 1 Kings 20:17

  The young men of the commanders of the provinces went out first. Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, “Men have come out from Samaria.”

• 1 Kings 20:20

  They struck down each one his man; and Aram fled, and Israel pursued them; and Ben-hadad king of Aram escaped on a horse with horsemen.

• 1 Kings 20:26

  And it happened, at the turn of the year, that Ben-hadad counted Aram and went up to Aphek for war against Israel.

• 1 Kings 20:30

  Those who were left fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty and seven thousand men who were left. And Ben-hadad fled and came into the city, into a room within a room.

• 1 Kings 20:32

  They girded sackcloth on their waists and ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please, let my soul live.’” He said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”

• 1 Kings 20:33

  The men took it as an omen, and quickly caught it up whether it came from him, and said, “Your brother Ben-hadad.” He said, “Go, bring him.” Ben-hadad came out to him, and he had him come up into the chariot.

• 2 Kings 6:24

  And it happened after this that Ben-hadad, king of Aram, gathered all his army and went up and besieged Samaria.

• 2 Kings 8:7

  Elisha came to Damascus, and Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick; and it was told him, saying, “The man of Elohim has come here.”

• 2 Kings 8:9

  Hazael went to meet him and took a gift with him, all kinds of good things of Damascus, forty camel loads; and he came and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad, king of Aram, has sent me to you, saying, ‘Will I live through this sickness?’”

• 2 Kings 13:3

  The anger of YHWH burned against Israel, and he gave them into the hand of Hazael king of Aram and into the hand of Ben-hadad son of Hazael, all the days.

• 2 Kings 13:24

  Hazael king of Aram died, and Ben-hadad his son reigned in his place.

• 2 Kings 13:25

  Then Joash son of Jehoahaz again took the cities from the hand of Ben-hadad son of Hazael that he had taken from the hand of Jehoahaz his father in war. Three times Joash struck him, and he brought back the cities of Israel.

• 2 Chronicles 16:2

  Asa brought out silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of YHWH and of the house of the king, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who lived in Damascus, saying,

• 2 Chronicles 16:4

  Ben-hadad listened to King Asa, and sent the commanders of the forces that he had against the cities of Israel, and they struck Ijon and Dan and Abel-maim and all the storehouses of the cities of Naphtali.

• Jeremiah 49:27

  And I will kindle fire in the wall of Damascus, and it will consume the palaces of Ben-hadad.

• Amos 1:4

  And I will send fire on the house of Hazael, and it will devour the citadels of Ben-hadad.

And 26 more times.