Hadad (Bible)

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]

Notes

1. Genesis 25:12–18
2. Genesis 36:39
3. Eliahu Klein (ed.). Kabbalah of Creation: The Mysticism of Isaac Luria, Founder of Modern Kabbalah.
4. 1 Chronicles 1:50
5. "Mehetabel".
6. 1 Kings 11:17–19