Dict: smith - HADAR

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HADAR - H>@ - HADAD

HADAREZER - H>@ - (Hadad’s help), son of Rehob, (2 Samuel kjv@8:3) the king of the Aramite state of Zobah, who was pursued by David and defeated with great loss. ( kjv@1Chronicles: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. ( kjv@1Chronicles:19:16; 2 Samuel 10:15) comp. 2Sam 10:8 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.