Hadad

Hadad (meaning joy, noise, or the thunderer) was the name of several biblical figures and also the principal storm and weather deity of the Aramaean (Syrian) pantheon, corresponding to the Canaanite Baal and Babylonian Adad. As a divine name, Hadad appears embedded in compound names such as Hadadezer and Ben-hadad, reflecting the deity's prominence in Syro-Palestinian religion. In Zechariah 12:11, the mourning of Hadad-rimmon commemorates a lamentation rite associated with this deity.

As a personal name, Hadad is borne by several Edomite figures: an ancient Edomite king listed in the pre-monarchic king list of Genesis 36 (vv. 35–36, 39), and Hadad the Edomite, an adversary whom God raised up against Solomon after the death of Joab (1 Kings 11:14–22). The latter had fled as a child to Egypt during Joab's campaign against Edom and was given a wife from Pharaoh's household, returning to oppose Solomon's reign.