Ben-Hadad I
| Ben-Hadad I | |
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| King of Ben-Hadad II | |
| Father | Tabrimmon |
Ben-Hadad I (Hebrew: בֶּן־הֲדַד, romanized: Ben-Hăḏaḏ),[1] son of Tabrimmon and grandson of Hezion, was king of Aram-Damascus between 885 BCE and 865 BCE. Ben-Hadad I was reportedly a contemporary of kings Baasha of the Kingdom of Israel and Asa of the Kingdom of Judah.
According to the biblical
Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali" (1 Kings 15:20). This acquisition gave Aram-Damascus control of the trade route to southern Phoenicia. By the time of the reign of Ahab, the area was back in Israelite hands.[2]
According to the archaeologist William Foxwell Albright, the Melqart stele should be attributed to Ben-Hadad I.[3] However, Kenneth Kitchen disagrees and states that there is no actual evidence that connects that stele to this particular king.[4]
See also
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- Aramean kings
References
- ^ "BDB, בֶּן־הֲדַד 1". www.sefaria.org.
- ISBN 978-0-8028-2400-4.
- S2CID 163203878.
- ISBN 978-0-8028-0396-2.
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