Difference between revisions of "Adrammelech"
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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71293" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71293" /> == | ||
<p> '''Adram'melech.''' ''(splendor of the king).'' </p> <p> 1. The name of an idol introduced into Samaria by the colonists from Sepharvaim. 2 Kings 17:31. He was worshipped with rites resembling those of Molech, children being burnt in his honor. Adrammelech was probably the male power of the sun, and | <p> '''Adram'melech.''' ''(splendor of the king).'' </p> <p> 1. The name of an idol introduced into Samaria by the colonists from Sepharvaim. 2 Kings 17:31. He was worshipped with rites resembling those of Molech, children being burnt in his honor. Adrammelech was probably the male power of the sun, and [[Anammelech]] , who is mentioned with Adrammelech as a companion god, the female power of the sun. </p> <p> 2. Son of the Assyrian king, Sennacherib, who, with his brother Sharezer, murdered their father in the temple of [[Nisroch]] at Nineveh, after the failure of the Assyrian attack on Jerusalem. The parricides escaped into Armenia. 2 Kings 19:37; 2 Chronicles 32:21; Isaiah 37:38. </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15524" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15524" /> == | ||
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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69647" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69647" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Adrammelech]] (''a-drăm'me-l'' ''ĕk'' ), ''splendor of the king,'' or ''fire king.'' 1. One of the idols adored by the Sepharvaim, who were settled in Samaria. They made their children pass through the fire in honor of this deity, and of another called Anammelech, "image of the king." Rawlinson supposes the sun and his wife Anunit—perhaps the moon-to be referred to. 2 Kings 17:31. 2. [[A]] son of Sennacherib, who aided in slaying his father. 2 Kings 19:37; Isaiah 37:38. </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_64741" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_64741" /> == | ||
