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<p> [[Hadadezer]] ( ''Hăd-Ad-'' ''Ç'Zer'' ), or [[Hadarezer]] ( ''Hăd-Ar-'' ''Ç'Zer'' ), ''Hadad'S Help.'' A king of Zobah. He was twice defeated by king David's armies. &nbsp;2 Samuel 8:3; &nbsp;2 Samuel 10:16. On the first occasion 22,000 of the enemy were slain and 1000 chariots were taken. Among the spoils were shields of gold, &nbsp;1 Chronicles 18:4-7, which David took to Jerusalem. Some years afterward they became tributary to David. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 19:16-19. </p>

<p> ''''' had ''''' - ''''' ad ''''' - ''''' ē´zẽr ''''' ( הדדעזר , <i> ''''' hădhadh‛ezer ''''' </i> ; so &nbsp; 2 Samuel 8; &nbsp;1 Kings 11:23 , but הדרעזר , <i> ''''' hădhar‛ezer ''''' </i> , 2 Sam 10; 1 Ch 18): [[Mentioned]] in connection with David's wars of conquest (&nbsp;2 Samuel 8:3; 2 Sam 10:1-19; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 18:3 ); was king of Zobah in Syria. The exact position and size of this Syrian principality are uncertain, but it seems to have extended in David's time southward toward [[Ammon]] and eastward to the Euphrates. When the [[Ammonites]] had put themselves in the wrong with David by the insult done to his ambassadors (&nbsp;2 Samuel 10:1-5 ) they summoned to their aid against the incensed king of [[Israel]] the [[Syrians]] of various adjoining principalities, among them the Syrians of Zobah under Hadadezer, the son of Rehob. The strategy of Joab, who set the force under command of [[Abishai]] his brother in array against the Ammonites, and himself attacked the Syrian allies, won for Israel a decisive victory. Not content with this result, Hadadezer gathered together another Syrian force, summoning this time also "the Syrians that were beyond the River" (&nbsp;2 Samuel 10:16 ), with [[Shobach]] the captain of his host at their head. On this occasion David himself took command of the [[Israelite]] forces and again defeated them near Helam, Shobach being left dead on the field. Hadadezer and his Syrian vassals, finding resistance hopeless, "made peace with Israel and served them" (&nbsp;2 Samuel 10:19 ). For the name Hadador Hadarezer, see Benhadad . </p> Literature <p> Winckler, <i> Geschichte Israels </i> , I, 137ff; McCurdy, <i> Hpm </i> , 204; Maspero, <i> The Struggle of the [[Nations]] </i> , 731. </p> <p> . </p>