Demetritis unite their forces, and overcome him in a pitched battle; but Ptolemy dies of the wounds which he received; after he had seen the head of Alexander sent to him by Zabdiel an Arabian prince. Jonathan besiegeth the citadel at Jerusalem, held by a garrison of Macedonians. Complaint hereof being made to Demetrius, Jonathan appeaseth him by presents, and obtaineth new favors for the Jews. Demetrius incurreth the hatred of his soldiers, by abridging their pay in time of peace.
Tryphon, with some soldiers that revolted from Demetrius, undertakes to establish Antiochus, the son of Alexander Balas, in the kingdom of Syria. Demetrius is vanquished by young Antiochus and made to flee into Seleucia. Great honors are, by Antiochus, conferred on Jonathan, who assists him against Demetrius.
Hadadezer, (2 Sam. viii. 3,) or Hadarezer, (2 Sam. x.
16.) A Syrian king, with whom David had several contests. In one of them he took twenty thousand footmen and seven hundred horsemen of Hadadezer's army prisoners, besides chariots of war. On another occasion, when Hadadezer had formed an alliance with a neighboring
province, David again defeated him, and took twenty-two thousand of his army prisoners. Among the spoils were gold shields, and a great quantity of brass or copper.
Some years afterwards, Hadadezer and three other Syrian princes formed an alliance to assist the Ammonites against David; but the whole Syrian army was defeated on the east bank of the Jordan, by the Israelites, under the command of Joab. Between forty and fifty thousand of the enemy were killed, including their principal general; and they thenceforth became tributary to David. (1 Chron. xix.)
Benhadad, 1. (1 Kings xv. 18.) King of Syria, in the time of Asa, king of Judah, with whom he formed an alliance against Baasha, king of Israel. Perhaps he was the same with Hadad, the Edomite, who rebelled against Solomon. (1 Kings xi. 25.)
Benhadad. (1 Kings xx. 1.) King of Syria, and a son of the preceding. He was a proud, boasting and licentious man, and seemed to be hardened against all rebukes. (1 Kings xx. 10 — 12, 16 He declared war against Jehoram, king of Israel.
Aketas. (2 Cor. xi. 32.) The king of Syria, at the
