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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 794 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HADAD , the name of a Syrian deity, is met with in the Old Testament as the name of several human persons; it also occurs in See also:

compound forms like Benhadad and Hadadezer. The divinity primarily denoted by it is the See also:storm-See also:god who was known also as Ramman, Bir and Dadda.

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