Ben-Hadad I

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Ben-Hadad I (Hebrew בן הדד BeN HaDaD,^[1] Aramaic: בר חדד, Bar-Hadad) was the king of Aram Damascus between 885 BC and 865 BC. He was the son of Tabrimmon and grandson of Hezion and a contemporary of Kings Baasha and Ahab of Israel and Asa of Judah. Asa called on Ben-Hadad I to aid him in attacking northern Israel while Baasha was restricting access to Jerusalem through border fortifications. The plan worked for Asa as Ben-Hadad took the towns of "Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maachah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali" (1 Kings 15:20). This acquisition gave Damascus control of the trade route to southern Phoenicia. By the reign of Ahab the area was back in Israelite hands.^[2]

References

↑ I Kings 15:18
↑ Freedman, David Noel (2000). Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 165. ISBN 978-0-8028-2400-4.

Preceded by Tabrimmon	King of Aram Damascus 885 BC – 865 BC	Succeeded by Hadadezer

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Name	I, Ben-Hadood
Alternative names	The Benidad
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