Ben-Hadad I

Ben-Hadad I (Hebrew: בן הדד‎ bn hdd; Aramaic: בר הדד‎, br hdd), son of Tabrimmon and grandson of Hezion, was king of Aram-Damascus between 885 BC and 865 BC. A figure known only from the Old Testament,[1] Ben-Hadad I was reportedly a contemporary of king Baasha and Ahab of the Kingdom of Israel and Asa of the Kingdom of Judah.

Ben-Hadad I
King of Aram Damascus
Reign885 BC – 865 BC
PredecessorHezion (or Tabrimmon)
SuccessorBen-Hadad II
FatherTabrimmon

According to the biblical book of Kings, Asa called on Ben-Hadad I to aid him in attacking northern Israel while Baasha restricted access to Jerusalem through border fortifications. Ben-Hadad took the towns of "Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maachah, and all 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]

See also

References
  1. Richard D. Nelson (2014). Historical Roots of the Old Testament (1200–63 BCE). p. 109.
  2. Freedman, David Noel (2000). Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 165. ISBN 978-0-8028-2400-4.
Preceded by
Tabrimmon		 King of Aram Damascus
885 BC – 865 BC		 Succeeded by
Hadadezer
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