People of the Bible › Hadad
Hadad הֲדַד
King. Hadad, an Edomite prince, fled to Egypt and later became an adversary to King Solomon.
Family
| Spouses | sister of Tahpenes |
|---|---|
| Children | Genubath |
Where Hadad appears
1 Kings (5)
Key verses
- 1 Kings 11:14 first mention — And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king’s seed in Edom.
- 1 Kings 11:17 — That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.
- 1 Kings 11:19 — And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
- 1 Kings 11:21 — And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.
- 1 Kings 11:25 — And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Several people in the Bible share this name; this page is about the one described above. Verse text: King James Version.