. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . amily of Hadad, whom Nic-olaiis of Damascus makes king of Damascus in Da-vids time, appears to have recovered the throne,and Ben-fiadad I., grandson of the antagonist ofDavid, is found in league with Baasha, king of Is-rael, against Asa (xv. 19; 2 Chr. xvi. 3), andafterward in league with Asa against Baasha ( 20). He was succeeded by his son Hadad IV,(Ben-hadad II. of Scripture), who was defeated byAhab (1 K. xx.). Three years afterward war brokeout afresh, through Ahabs claim to Ramoth-Gilead(xxii. 1-4). The defeat and death of Ahab atthat pla
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . amily of Hadad, whom Nic-olaiis of Damascus makes king of Damascus in Da-vids time, appears to have recovered the throne,and Ben-fiadad I., grandson of the antagonist ofDavid, is found in league with Baasha, king of Is-rael, against Asa (xv. 19; 2 Chr. xvi. 3), andafterward in league with Asa against Baasha ( 20). He was succeeded by his son Hadad IV,(Ben-hadad II. of Scripture), who was defeated byAhab (1 K. xx.). Three years afterward war brokeout afresh, through Ahabs claim to Ramoth-Gilead(xxii. 1-4). The defeat and death of Ahab atthat place (15-37) seem to have enabled the Syr-ians of Damascus to resume the offensive. Theirbands ravaged the lands of Israel during the reign DAM DAM 203 of Jehoram; and they even undertook at this timea second siege of Samaria, which was frustratedmiraculously (2 K. vi. 24, vii. 6, 7). After this, we do not hear of any more attempts against the Isra-elite capital. The cuneiform inscriptions showthat toward the close of his reign Ben-hadad was. exposed to the assaults of a great conqueror, whowas bent on extending the dominion of Assyriaover Syria and Palestine. Perhaps these circum-stances encouraged Hazael to murder Ben-hadadand seize the throne, which Elisha had declaredwould certainly one day be his (viii. 15). Short-ly after the accession of Hazael (about b. c. 884),he was in his turn attacked by the Assyrians,who defeated him with great loss amid the fast-nesses of Antilibanus. However, in his wars withIsrael and Judah he was more fortunate, and Iiisson Ben-hadad III. followed up his successes (, 29, ix. 14, 15, x. 32, 33, xii. 17, 18, xiii. 3-7,22, 24). At last a deliverer appeared (verse 5),and Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, beat Hazaelthrice, and recovered the cities of Israel (verse25). In the next reign still further advantages weregained by the Israelites. Jeroboam II. (about b. ) is said to have recovered Damascus (), and though this may not mean that he
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