Hadid (ISBE)

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hā´did ( חדיד , ḥādhı̄dh ): A city in Benjamin ( Nehemiah 11:33 f) named with Lod and Ono ( Ezra 2:33; Nehemiah 7:37 ), probably identical with Adida (Septuagint Ἁδιδά , Hadidá ) of 1 Macc 12:38; 13:13, "over against the plain," which was fortified by Simon Maccabeus. It is represented by the modern el -Ḥadı̄theh , about 3 miles Northeast of Lydda.