Hadadezer

Also known as Ben-Hadad II

Hadadezer ( ; "[the god] Hadad is help"); also known as Adad-Idri (), and possibly the same as Bar- or Ben-Hadad II, was the king of Aram-Damascus between 865 and 842 BC.

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Royalty.name: Hadadezer
Royalty.image: Georgian MSS of the Psalters.jpg
Royalty.caption: Battle of the Israelites against King Hadadezer from a Georgian manuscript, 1665.
Royalty.succession: King of Aram Damascus
Royalty.moretext: (King of Syria)
Royalty.reign: 865–842 BC
Royalty.cor type: Predecessor
Royalty.predecessor: Ben-Hadad I
Royalty.successor: Hazael
Royalty.suc type: Successor
Royalty.death_date: 842 BC

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date of death: 0842-00-00
name in native language: בר הדד

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Hadadezer ( ; "[the god] Hadad is help"); also known as Adad-Idri (), and possibly the same as Bar- or Ben-Hadad II, was the king of Aram-Damascus between 865 and 842 BC.

The Hebrew Bible states that Hadadezer (which the biblical text calls ben Hadad, not to be confused with Ben-Hadad I and Ben-Hadad III) engaged in a war against king Ahab of the Kingdom of Israel (Samaria), but was defeated and captured by him. However, soon after that, the two kings signed a peace treaty and established an alliance according to 1 Kings 20.