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Ben-Hadad I
Ben-Hadad I was a king of Aram-Damascus in the early 9th century BCE. According to the Bible, King Asa of Judah paid him to break his alliance with Baasha of Israel, and he then invaded northern Israel, taking towns such as Abel-beth-maacah. Under him Damascus became the leading power of southern Syria.
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