VI. HADAD, the God of the Syrians. Macrob. Saturnal. l. 1. c. 23.Macrobius assures us, that this Deity was the Sun. Hadad signifies one, or alone. Several Kings of Syria have been called Hadad. Nicholas of Damascus affirms, that Nicol. Damasc. apud Joseph. Antiq. l. 7. c. 6.this name was for a long time as common to them, as the name of Ptolemy to the Kings of Egypt.
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