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Adrammelech

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H152

אַדְרַמֶּ֫לֶךְ

a.de.ram.me.lekh — Adrammelech

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ki.17.31 § Adrammelech = "honour of the king" or "Adar is prince" or "Adar is Counsellor, Decider" 1) an idol or god of the Sepharvites, introduced to Israel by Shalmaneser the fifth 2) the son and murderer of Sennacherib

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5576

סַנְחֵרִיב

san.che.riv — Sennacherib

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.18.13; father of: Adrammelech (H0152H), Sharezer (H8272) and Esarhaddon (H0634); also called Sargon at Isa.20.1; Also named: sar.gon (סַרְגוֹן "Sargon" H5623) § Sennacherib = "Sin multiplied brothers" (Sin = the moon) son of Sargon, father of Esarhaddon, and king of Assyria from 705-681 BC; attacked Judah during the reign of king Hezekiah and Judah was delivered when in response to the prayer of Hezekiah an angel smote 185,000 Assyrian soldiers

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H634

אֵסַר־חַדּוֹן

e.sar-chad.don — Esarhaddon

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.19.37; son of: Sennacherib (H5576); brother of: Adrammelech (H0152H) and Sharezer (H8272) § Esarhaddon = "Ashur has given a brother" king of Assyria in the seventh-century BC

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8272

שַׁרְאֶ֫צֶר

shar.e.tser — Sharezer

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.19.37; son of: Sennacherib (H5576); brother of: Adrammelech (H0152H) and Esarhaddon (H0634) § Sharezer or Sherezer = "prince of fire" 1) son of king Sennacherib of Assyria and murderer of his father 2) an Israelite whom the people sent to the house of God to pray in the time of the prophet Zechariah and king Darius

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5623

סַרְגוֹן

sar.gon — Sargon

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.18.13; father of: Adrammelech (H0152H), Sharezer (H8272) and Esarhaddon (H0634); also called Sargon at Isa.20.1; Another name of san.che.riv (סַנְחֵרִיב "Sennacherib" H5576) § Sargon = "prince of the sun" king of Assyria, son of Shalmaneser, and father of Sennacherib; ruled from 721-702 BC; conqueror of Samaria

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6048

עֲנַמֶּ֫לֶךְ

a.nam.me.lekh — Anammelech

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ki.17.31 § Anammelech = "image of the king" an Assyrian false god introduced to Israel during the monarchy; worshipped with rites resembling those of Molech; companion god of 'Adrammelech'

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Historical dictionary entry

Adar the king. (1.) An idol; a form of the sun-god worshipped by the inhabitants of Sepharvaim (2 Kings 17:31), and brought by the Sepharvite colonists into Samaria. (2.) A son of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (2 Kings 19:37; Isa. 37:38).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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