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1 Kings 20:1

“And Ben–hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

בֶּן־הֲדַדBen-Hădad · ben-had-ad'
H1130 · Hebrew

Definition: Ben-Hadad, the name of several Syrian kings
Derivation: from H1121 (בֵּן) and H1908 (הֲדַד); son of Hadad;
KJV renderings: Benhadad.
Grammar: וּ — conjunction
בֶן — proper noun
Code HC/Np
Usage: Occurs 50 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Kings 15:18 1 Kings 15:18 1 Kings 15:20 1 Kings 15:20 1 Kings 20:3

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read בֶּן־הֲדַד here.

Verse 2

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.