{"database": "deitydb", "table": "entities", "rows": [["ENT_ARA_HADAD_DAMASCUS", "Hadad of Damascus", null, "Aramean", "storm deity / national god of Aram-Damascus", "Thunder Deity", "storm; thunder; rain; royal victory; national sovereignty; war", null, null, null, "A", null, null, null, null, null, "Hadad of Damascus (Aramaic Hadad, \"thunderer\"; theonym related to Ugaritic Haddu/Hadad, the proper name of Canaanite Baal) is the chief deity of Aram-Damascus, the most powerful of the Iron Age Aramean kingdoms (capital at Damascus, modern Syrian capital; the kingdom dominated Syria from c. 900 to 732 BCE). He is the Aramean national storm deity, directly continuous with the Canaanite Baal Hadad tradition but now serving as the divine patron of the Aramean state rather than the Canaanite city-states of the Bronze Age. His attestations include: the Aramaic Zakkur stele (c. 800 BCE, which invokes Baalshamin alongside Hadad's successors), the Melqart stele from Aleppo (c. 870 BCE, dedicated by Ben-Hadad of Damascus, naming Hadad and Melqart), the Tel Dan stele (c. 840 BCE, recording a victory of Hazael of Damascus citing divine favor), and repeated Old Testament references to the kings of Damascus bearing the divine name: Ben-Hadad I, II, III (\"son of Hadad\"), Hazael (whose name may invoke Hadad), and Hadadezer (\"Hadad is my helper,\" 2 Samuel 8:3). The name \"Hadad-Rimmon\" in Zechariah 12:11 and the Assyrian practice of deporting the cult statue of \"Hadad of Damascus\" after the conquest of 732 BCE (Tiglath-Pileser III's annals) both confirm his central status. Lipi\u0144ski (2000) pp. 567-577.", "deity"]], "columns": ["entity_id", "canonical_name", "greek_name", "tradition", "entity_type", "category", "primary_domains", "tags", "cult_scope", "primary_period", "evidence_confidence", "review_status", "inclusion_basis", "earth_association_score", "chthonic_flag", "serpent_flag", "short_note", "entity_class"], "primary_keys": ["entity_id"], "primary_key_values": ["ENT_ARA_HADAD_DAMASCUS"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 79.71078799891984, "source": "jebboone/deitydb", "source_url": "https://github.com/jebboone/deitydb", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"}