Ben-hadad
Ben-hadad II, king of Aram, besieged Samaria during the reign of Joram and sought Elisha's counsel when ill.
The name Ben-hadad means “son of Hadad, or noise”
MaleKingSyriaDivided Monarchy eraOld Testament1 book4 verses
Summary
A King of Aram living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2 Kings 6:24; only referred to as Ben-hadad II (בֶּן־הֲדַד).
Alternative names
- בֶּן־הֲדַדBen-hadad
Mentions
Includes 1 verse that refer to Ben-hadad without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.
- Some time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.
- 2 Kings 6:25Referred to, not namedSo there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.
- Then Elisha came to Damascus while Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and the king was told, “The man of God has come here.”
- So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”