Bible Dictionary
Hadadrimmon
Hadadrimmon is named in Zechariah 12:11 in connection with mourning. It may refer to a place near Megiddo, traditionally associated with mourning for Josiah, or it may combine the names of ancient deities; the identification is uncertain.
Definition
Hadadrimmon is a name occurring with Megiddon in Zechariah 12:11. It may designate a place associated with mourning, or it may combine the names of two ancient deities. The exact identification is uncertain.
Biblical Usage
The name appears in Zechariah’s description of a great mourning. Some interpretations connect that mourning with the death of Josiah, while others understand it in relation to mourning for the deity Tammuz.
Historical Background
Hadadrimmon was formerly identified with a place in the plain of Megiddo, possibly near Jezreel or ancient Megiddo. The supplied material also notes that the name may have arisen by combining divine names.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Smith's Bible Dictionary
is, according to the ordinary interpretation of (12:11) a place in the valley of Megiddo (a part of the plain of Esdraelon, six miles from Mount Carmel and eleven from Nazareth), where a national lamentation was held for the death of King Josiah. It was named after two Syrian idols.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>ha-dad-rim'-on, had-ad-rim'-on (hadhadh rimmon): A name which occurs, along with Megiddon, in Zec 12:11. It was long thought that this was a place in the plain of Megiddo, and that the mourning referred to was that for Josiah, slain in battle with Pharaoh-necoh (2Ki 23:29). This last, however, was certainly at Jerusalem. Jerome (Comm. on Zec) identifies Hadadrimmon with Maximianopolis, a village near Jezreel, probably Legio, the ancient Megiddo. Possibly, however, the form "Hadadrimmon" has arisen through the combination of two divine names; and the weeping may be that for Tammuz (Eze 8:14), with whom the old Semitic deity had become confused in the popular mind.</p><p>W. Ewing</p>