HADAD, the name of a Syrian deity, is met with in the Old Testament as the name of several human persons; it also occurs in compound forms like Benhadad and Hadadezer. The divinity primarily denoted by it is the storm-god who was known as Addu Ramman. The word Hadadrimmon (Zechariah xii. I I) has been a subject of much discussion. According to the older interpreters, the mourning for something that occurred at a place called Hadad rimmon (Maximianopolis) in the valley of Megiddo is meant, the event alluded to being generally held to be the death of Josiah. More recently it has been thought that Hadadrimmon is an other name for Adonis (q.v.) or Tammuz, the allusion being to the mournings by which the Adonis festivals were usually accom panied.