Hadid

Not every place in the Bible has a story, but some have a long memory. Hadid was a town in the lists of those who came home from exile. Ezra and Nehemiah both record “the children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono,” with their numbers counted, and Nehemiah later lists Hadid among the towns where Benjamin’s people lived. The name shows how carefully the returning families were written down, each town counted, each household accounted for. A reader can pass over the numbers, yet they say that the return was made of real families going back to real villages. See Ezra 2:33 to begin.

3 verses

Ezra

Ezra 2:33

The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.

Nehemiah

Nehemiah 7:37

The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one.

Nehemiah 11:34

Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Matthew George Easton, 1897

Pointed, a place in the tribe of Benjamin near Lydda, or Lod, and Ono (Ezra 2:33; Neh. 7:37). It is identified with the modern el-Haditheh, 3 miles east of Lydda.

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

(sharp), a place named, with Lod (Lydda) and Ono, only in the later books of the history. (Ezra 2:33; Nehemiah 7:37; 11:34) In the time of Eusebius a town called Aditha or Adatha existed to the east of Diospolis (Lydda). This was probably Hadid.

Based on Nave's Topical Bible by Orville J. Nave (1896). Dictionary entries from Easton's Bible Dictionary and Smith's Bible Dictionary. Public domain. KJV scripture text, public domain.