Bible Person

Hadad

Meaning: joy; noise; clamor · Male · 4 cross references

This Hadad entry refers to the Edomite king who defeats Midian, not the later Edomite adversary of Solomon already separately overridden. He belongs to the earlier royal succession preserved in Edom's king list. First appears in Gen 36:35.1

AI summary: This Hadad matters because the cross references place him within Edom's remembered monarchy and associate him with military success over Midian. His brief appearance helps show that neighboring nations possessed their own active royal histories before Israel's monarchy dominates the narrative. This gives the wider biblical world greater political texture. Taken together, the material presents this Hadad as an Edomite king whose victory preserves a fragment of regional royal memory.1

Central Figure

Hadad

Meaning: joy; noise; clamor

An Edomite king who defeated the Midianites (Gen.