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Hadad

Portrait of Hadad

Hadad is named as the son of Ishmael and father of Aphlal, whose daughter Adon married Asher. Separately, Hadad the son of Bedad reigned as king of Edom after Chusham. He assembled all the children of Esau into an army of about four hundred thousand men. The children of Moab feared him and sought help from the children of Midian to fight against him.

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King Edom Son Of Bedad Ishmael Esau Army

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Hadad in Jasher 45

The Book of Jasher 45:12

And Asher went forth and took Adon the daughter of Aphlal, the son of Hadad, the son of Ishmael, for a wife, and he brou...

A12nd Asher went forth and took Adon the daughter of Aphlal, the son of Hadad, the son of Ishmael, for a wife, and he brought her to the land of Canaan.

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Hadad in Jasher 62

The Book of Jasher 62:3

And in that year died Chusham king of Edom, and after him reigned Hadad the son of Bedad, for thirty-five years; and in ...

A3nd in that year died Chusham king of Edom, and after him reigned Hadad the son of Bedad, for thirty-five years; and in the eighty-first year died Issachar the son of Jacob, in Egypt, and Issachar was a hundred and twenty-two years old at his death, and he was put into a coffin in Egypt, and given into the hands of his children.

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Hadad in Jasher 62

The Book of Jasher 62:6

And it came to pass in the eighty-fourth year, that is the fiftieth year of the reign of Hadad, son of Bedad, king of Ed...

A6nd it came to pass in the eighty-fourth year, that is the fiftieth year of the reign of Hadad, son of Bedad, king of Edom, that Hadad assembled all the children of Esau, and he got his whole army in readiness, about four hundred thousand men, and he directed his way to the land of Moab, and he went to fight with Moab and to make them tributary to him.

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