Hadad-rimmon was a place near Megiddo where a great lamentation was held for King Josiah, who was mortally wounded there.
Also known as Hadad Rimmon · Hadadrimmon
Hadad-rimmon is mentioned only once in the Bible, in Zechariah 12:11, as a place of mourning. The prophet compares the future mourning of Jerusalem to the weeping at Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. This is likely a reference to the lamentation over King Josiah, who was fatally wounded by Pharaoh Neco's archers at Megiddo (2Ch.35.22-25).
The name Hadad-rimmon combines the names of two Semitic deities: Hadad, the storm god, and Rimmon, a god of thunder, suggesting the location may have had cultic significance. Its exact location is uncertain, but it has been tentatively identified with Rummaneh, a village in the Jezreel Valley about 6 miles south of Megiddo.
Zechariah's prophecy uses this historic event as a metaphor for the intense mourning that will take place when God pours out a spirit of grace and supplication on Jerusalem, causing them to look on the one they have pierced and mourn bitterly (Zechariah 12:10). The comparison emphasizes the depth and sincerity of the people's repentance.
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(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.”
HA'DAD - RIM'MON, a place probably named from two Syrian idols, Hadad, the sun-god, and Rimmon. It was in the valley of Megiddo, Zech 12:11, and the scene of a great lamentation over the death of Josiah. 2 Kgs 23:29; 2 Chr 35:20-25. It is identified by Van de Velde with Rummaneh, 4 miles south of Lejun. Conder favors this.
HA'DAD - RIM'MON, a place probably named from two Syrian idols, Hadad, the sun-god, and Rimmon. It was in the valley of Megiddo, Zech 12:11, and the scene of a great lamentation over the death of Josiah. 2 Kgs 23:29; 2 Chr 35:20-25. It is identified by Van de Velde with Rummaneh, 4 miles south of Lejun. Conder favors this.
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On that day the wailing in Jerusalem will be as great as the wailing of Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.
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