Hadad ben Bedad
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Hadad ben Bedad was a king of Edom
mentioned in the Bible
, in Genesis 36:31-43. He succeeded Husham
in the apparently elective kingship of the Edomites. He is described as having moved the capital of Edom to Avith
, and of defeating the Midianites in Moab
. He was succeeded by Samlah of Masrekah
.
The date of his reign are unknown.
Edom
Edom or Idumea was a historical region of the Southern Levant located south of Judea and the Dead Sea. It is mentioned in biblical records as a 1st millennium BC Iron Age kingdom of Edom, and in classical antiquity the cognate name Idumea was used to refer to a smaller area in the same region...
mentioned in the Bible
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, in Genesis 36:31-43. He succeeded Husham
Husham (Edomite king)
Husham was a king of Edom mentioned in the Bible, in Genesis 36:31-43. He succeeded Jobab ben Zerah in the apparently elective kingship of the Edomites. He is mentioned as being from "the land of Temani", which may refer to the Edomite clan Teman...
in the apparently elective kingship of the Edomites. He is described as having moved the capital of Edom to Avith
Avith
Avith was an Edomite city. It was the capital of the Edomite king Hadad ben Bedad, one of the kings of Edom before there were kings in Israel. Its location is unknown but presumably it was in what is now southern Israel or Jordan....
, and of defeating the Midianites in Moab
Moab
Moab is the historical name for a mountainous strip of land in Jordan. The land lies alongside much of the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. The existence of the Kingdom of Moab is attested to by numerous archeological findings, most notably the Mesha Stele, which describes the Moabite victory over...
. He was succeeded by Samlah of Masrekah
Samlah of Masrekah
Samlah was a king of Edom mentioned in the Bible, in Genesis 36:31-43. He succeeded Hadad ben Bedad in the apparently elective kingship of the early Edomites. He is described as being from Masrekah. He was succeeded by Saul of Rehoboth....
.
The date of his reign are unknown.