Bit Adini

Bit Adini
c. 1000 BC–856-5 BC
CapitalTil Barsip
Common languagesAramaic
Religion
Ancient Levantine Religion
Historical eraIron Age
 Established
c. 1000 BC
 Disestablished
856-5 BC
Succeeded by
Neo-Assyrian Empire
Today part ofSyria

Bit Adini, a city or region of Syria, called sometimes Bit Adini in Assyrian sources, was an Aramaean state that existed as an independent kingdom during the 10th and 9th centuries BC, with its capital at Til Barsib (now Tell Ahmar). The city is considered one of the two chief states of the Aramean-held territories in the Euphrates along with Carchemish.

It is considered an Early Iron Age Aramaean settlement between the Balikh and the Euphrates rivers, and extended westwards into northern Syria. Some sources also refer to it as a Neo-Hittite kingdom due to the discovery of Hittite hieroglyphic inscriptions. It is usually thought to have been in the bend of the Euphrates River, south of Carchemish.

There are scholars who associate Bit Adini with Beth Eden, which may mean "house of evil" or "house of delight".