Hadad Ezer is the Aramaic king who founded a large state in Syria .
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He successfully fought with the Midianites , imposed a tribute to the kingdom of Moab and other neighboring peoples, becoming the most powerful ruler of his time.
His greatness came to an end when he came to the aid of his allies the Ammonites , who were attacked by King David of Israel. The commander of the king of Israel, Joab , defeated the army of the Aramaeans and the Ammonites. Then, with auxiliary units, David himself delivered the final blow, destroying the remnants of the allied army.
Hadad Ezer wanted to take revenge and gathered a new army behind the Euphrates , entrusting the command to the commander Sovak, but David was also successful this time. The army led by the king of Israel destroyed the Arameans, and Sawak perished. At this time, the Zaevfrat vassals of Hadad Ezer raised an uprising and the king could not fight on two fronts. David captured Syria and the capital Damascus, and all Aramaic vassals now began to serve the Jewish ruler. According to one version, Hadad Ezer himself was overtaken and killed by David, according to another, the king of Israel was very merciful to Hadad Ezer and saved him not only life, but also the throne, as the vassal of Israel.
The sovereign kingdom of Aramaic was restored under the king of Israel, Solomon , the son of King David, but with a rather limited territory.
The successors of Hadad Ezer ruled in Damascus for ten generations and bore the name Hadad, and the third of them returned the former grandeur to the Aramaeans, conquering northern Palestine.