Hadlai is a person mentioned in 2 Chronicles as the father of Amasa, one of the leaders of the tribe of Ephraim. He is mentioned in connection with the event where the leaders of Ephraim persuaded the Israelite soldiers to release the captives from Judah who had been taken during King Pekah's war against King Ahaz.
12Then some of the leaders of Ephraim—Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai—confronted those who were returning from the war.
12Then some of the leaders of Ephraim—Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai—confronted those who were returning from the war.
13"Do not bring the captives here," they said, "or we will be guilty before the LORD. Do you intend to add to our sins and our guilt? Our guilt is already great, and his fierce anger rests on Israel."
15Then the men designated by name took charge of the captives. From the plunder they clothed all who were naked; they gave them clothes and sandals, fed them and gave them drink, and anointed their wounds. They put all the weak ones on donkeys and brought them to their kindred at Jericho, the City of Palms. Then they returned to Samaria.
The prophet Oded warned the army of Israel that their victory over Judah was due to God's anger, but that they had gone too far in their cruelty—this was the background for Hadlai's son and other leaders intervening.
9But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there. He went out to meet the army as it came to Samaria and said to them: "Look, because the LORD, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, he handed them over to you. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reaches to heaven.
10And now you intend to subjugate the people of Judah and Jerusalem as your slaves, male and female. But are you not yourselves guilty of sins against the LORD your God?