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ha-dad-rim´on, had-ad-rim´on (הדד רמון, hădhadh rimmōn): A name which occurs, along with Megiddon, in . 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 (). 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 (), with whom the old Semitic deity had become confused in the popular mind.