The Definition of the word Hadadezer

Hadadezer

(composed of the names of two Syrian idols), the name of a place in the valley of Megiddo. It is alluded to by the prophet Zechariah (12:11) in a proverbial expression derived from the "lamentation for Josiah, who was mortally wounded near this place" (2 Chr. 35:22-25). It has been identified with the modern "Rummaneh, a village "at the foot of the Megiddo hills, in a" notch or valley about an hour and a half south of Tell "Metzellim."