Hadad the Edomite is a character mentioned in the

First Book of Kings The Book of Kings (, '' Sēfer Məlāḵīm'') is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Kings) in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. It concludes the Deuteronomistic history, a history of Israel also including the books ...

who was an adversary of King Solomon after Solomon turned to idols. Some scholars believe the text should read Hadad the Aramean. According to the account in 1 Kings, Hadad was a survivor of the royal house of

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after the slaughter at the hands of

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. He escaped as a child to

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, where he was raised by

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and married the queen's sister. After the death of King David, Hadad returned to try to reclaim the throne of Edom. Hadad's campaign to recapture Edom apparently met with success, as states that another of Solomon's adversaries, Rezon the son of Eliada, did harm to Solomon "as Hadad did". Hadad did "evil" to King Solomon after gathering together a "marauding band"; Hadad "abhorred Israel and reigned over

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(Syria)". Further, an Edomite princess is listed among the wives of King Solomon.1 Kings 11:1. Along with Rezon the Syrian, Hadad is one of two characters described as a ''satan'' to Solomon, a word which was left untranslated and transliterated into Greek letters in the

Septuagint The Greek Old Testament, or Septuagint (, ; from the la, septuaginta, lit=seventy; often abbreviated ''70''; in Roman numerals, LXX), is the earliest extant Greek translation of books from the Hebrew Bible. It includes several books beyond th ...

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{{reflist 10th-century BCE Hebrew people Solomon Books of Kings people Edomite people