Ben-Hadad I
| Ben-Hadad I | |
|---|---|
| King of Aram Damascus | |
| Reign | 885 BC – 865 BC |
| Predecessor | Hezion (or Tabrimmon) |
| Successor | Ben-Hadad II |
| Father | Tabrimmon |
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. 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 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.[1]
According to the archaeologist William Foxwell Albright, the Melqart stele should be attributed to Ben-Hadad I.[2] However, Kenneth Kitchen disagrees and states that there is no actual evidence that connects that stele to this particular king.[3]
See also[]
- Aramean kings
References[]
- ^ Freedman, David Noel (2000). Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 165. ISBN 978-0-8028-2400-4.
- ^ Albright, W. F. (1942-10-01). "A Votive Stele Erected by Ben-Hadad I of Damascus to the God Melcarth". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. 87 (87): 23–29. doi:10.2307/1355460. ISSN 0003-097X. JSTOR 1355460. S2CID 163203878.
- ^ Kitchen, K. A. (2006-06-09). On the Reliability of the Old Testament. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-8028-0396-2.
External links[]
- 9th-century BC Kings of Syria
- 9th-century BC deaths
- Aramean kings
- Ancient Damascus