People of the Bible

Ben-hadad, son of Tabrimon

Ben-hadad is mentioned in 18 verses of the Bible, first in 1 Kings 15:18.

Family of Ben-hadad

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Who was Ben-hadad?

The king of Syria whom Asa, king of Judah, employed to invade Israel (1 Kings 15:18).

Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.

Key verses about Ben-hadad

  • 1 Kings 15:18

    Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Ben–hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

  • 1 Kings 20:1

    And Ben–hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.

  • 1 Kings 20:10

    And Ben–hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.

  • 1 Kings 20:16

    And they went out at noon. But Ben–hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.

  • 1 Kings 20:30

    But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Ben–hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.

  • Jeremiah 49:27

    And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben–hadad.

All 18 verses mentioning Ben-hadad

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