Although not mentioned as a pagan deity in the O.T., it is learned from the Ras Shamrah tablets that Hadad was the name of the sun god, or storm god of Syria and Edom. Hadad appears in the O.T. in compound with other names and also standing alone, as the name of several persons (Gen. 36: 35; 1 Kgs. 11: 14-25; 1 Kgs. 15: 18-20; 1 Kgs. 20: 1-34; 1 Chr. 1: 30, 46, 50; Amos 1: 4; Zech. 12: 11), the most prominent being Ben-Hadad, king of Damascus (Syria).