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<p> Son of Rehob, king of Zobah. Helped by the [[Damascus]] [[Syrians]] (See [[Hadad]] ); driven by David beyond the river [[Euphrates]] (&nbsp;2 Samuel 8:3; &nbsp;2 Samuel 8:5; &nbsp;2 Samuel 10:6-9; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 18:3; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 19:7-19). After Joab's first repulse of [[Ammon]] and their [[Syrian]] allies Hadarezer, undaunted by defeat twice (&nbsp;2 Samuel 8:3; &nbsp;2 Samuel 8:5), sent a host under the command of [[Shophach]] to assist his kinsmen of Maachah, Rehob, and Ishtob; David in person routed them completely at Helam; thus, the Syrian confederacy was overthrown, Hadarezer's subordinate princes submitted to David who dedicated to [[Jehovah]] the 1000 "shields" or "weapons (shelet ) of gold" taken in the first war; these were long known as king David's (&nbsp;Song of [[Solomon]] 4:4; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 23:9). (See [[Helam]] .) </p> <p> Rezonof Hadarezer's retainers escaped, and with "bands" marauded the thinly-peopled district between the [[Jordan]] and the Euphrates (&nbsp;2 Kings 5:2; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 5:18-22), then became master of Damascus, and as an "adversary" did "mischief" to [[Israel]] in Solomon's days (&nbsp;1 Kings 11:28-25). (See [[Rezon]] .) [[Edom]] invaded Israel during David's absence at the Euphrates; Psalm 44 by the sons of [[Korah]] alludes to this. Psalm 60 by David was composed after victory in part had been gained over [[Aram]] Naharaim (Syria of the two floods) and Aram (Syria) of [[Zobah]] the kingdom of Hadarezer, who had come to help his vassals of Mesopotamia, the region of the two rivers [[Tigris]] and Euphrates; after having conquered the two Syrias, [[Joab]] returned and smote Edom in the valley of Salt; Psalm 60 refers to the expedition subsequently undertaken to occupy Edom in revenge for Edom's invasion of Israel. </p>

<p> '''Hadare'zer.''' ''(Hadad'S Help).'' Son of Rehob, &nbsp;2 Samuel 8:3, the king of the Aramite state of Zobah, who was pursued by David and defeated with great loss. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 18:3-4. (B.C. 1035). After the first repulse of the [[Ammonites]] and their Syrian allies by Joab, [[Hadarezer]] sent his army to the assistance of his kindred the people of Maachah, [[Rehob]] and Ishtob. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 19:16; &nbsp;2 Samuel 10:15. Compare &nbsp;2 Samuel 10:8. </p> <p> Under the command of Shophach or Shobach, the captain of the host, they crossed the Euphrates, joined the other Syrians, and encamped at a place called [[Helam]] . David himself came from [[Jerusalem]] to take the command of the [[Israelite]] army. As on the former occasion, the route was complete. </p>

<p> <strong> HADAREZER </strong> . See Hadadezer. </p>

<p> See HADADEZER. </p>

<p> the form of the name of the town mentioned in the account of David's Syrian campaign, as given in 2 Samuel 10, and in all its occurrences in the Heb. text (as well as in both MSS. of the Sept. and in Josephus), except &nbsp;2 Samuel 8:3-12.; &nbsp;1 Kings 11:23, where it is more correctly called HADADEZER (See [[Hadadezer]]) (q.v.). </p>