Lexical Definition

‎הֲדַדְרִמּוֹן‎ Hădadrimmôwn (had-ad-rim-mone') Hadad-rimmon ^N:N--L
from ‎הֲדַד‎ and ‎רִמּוֹן‎

Hadad-rimmon.

• § Hadad-rimmon = "Hadad of the pomegranates"
• Hadad-Rimmon, a place in Palestine

1) a place in the valley of Megiddo where a national lamentation was held for the death of King Josiah; named after two Syrian gods

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎הֲדַדְרִמּוֺן‎ proper name, of a divinity (or proper name, of a location derived from n.pr.divin), Hadadrimmon (= n.pr.divin. Hadad (compare above) + n.pr.divin. Rimmon, Rammôn, see ‎רִמּוֺן‎; compare COT Zech 12:11 Dl^{ZK 1885, 175} & on question of name of a location or a divinity Brd^Zc Baud^{stud. i. 293 f.} Hi-St^Zc Ri^HWB RS^{Semitic i. 392}) — in simile of mourning in Jerusalem ‎כְּמִסְפַּד‎ ‎הֲדַדְרִמּוֺן כְּבִקְעַת מְגִדּוֺן‎ Zech 12:11 on ‎׳‎‎ה‎ for ‎ההרמונה‎ Amos 4:3, see ‎הרמון‎; & compare Hi-St Gunning.

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Hadad-rimmon • A place near Megiddo associated with mourning for Josiah.

Hadad-rimmon was a place near Megiddo where a great lamentation was held for King Josiah, who was mortally wounded there.

• A location only mentioned at Zec.12.11;
• only referred to as Hadad-rimmon הֲדַדְרִמּוֹן.
  

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 (2 Chronicles 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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