Hadad (Bible)
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Multiple biblical characters with the name Hadad (Hadar) existed.
- Hadad is the name of the Semitic storm god.
- Abraham's son Ishmael had a son named Hadar who was a chief.[1]
- Hadad ben Bedad, an early king of Edom.
- Hada, the last king of Edom.[2][3] He ruled from Pau, Edom.[4] Hadad's wife was Queen Mehetabel ("God makes happy"), daughter of Matred and granddaughter of Me-Zahab.[5]
- Hadad the Edomite, a member of the royal house of Edom, who married the sister of Pharaoh's wife, Queen Tahpenes, and escaped from a massacre under Joab, fleeing to Egypt.[6]