Enemessar
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Enemessar . Name of a king of Assyria in Gr. MSS of Tob 1:2 , where the Syriac and Lat. give Shalmaneser , who is probably meant. The corruption is best accounted for by the loss of Sh and l and the transposition of m and n ; but naturally many explanations may be offered without conviction.
C. H. W. Johns.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
en - ē̇ - mes´ar ( Ἐνεμεσσάρ , Enemessár , Ἐνεμέσσαρος , Eneméssaros ): Generally allowed, since Grotius, to be a corruption, though occasionally defended as an alternative form, of Shalmaneser (Tobit 1:2, 15, etc.) who carried Israel captive to Nineveh, as related in 2 Ki. Among the captives was Tobit, taken from Thisbe in Gilead, where the prophet Elijah was born and for a time lived. The writer of Tobit makes Sennacherib the son (1 15), as well as the successor of Enemessar, whereas, according to the Assyrian inscriptions, Sennacherib was the son of Sargon. This is only one of several serious historical difficulties in the narrative of Tobit. The corruption of the name is variously explained. Rawlinson supposes the first syllable of the word "Shal" to have been dropped, comparing the Bupalussor of Abydenus for Nabopolassar. Dr. Pinches takes Enemessar for Senemessar, the "sh" being changed to "s" and then to the smooth breathing, though the rough breathing more commonly takes the place of a dropped "s"; both scholars admit the easy transposition of the liquids "m" and "n". Shalman - asharid is the Assyrian form of Shalmaneser.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
( Ε᾿Νεμέσσαρος and Ε᾿Νεμεσσάρ ) is the name under which SHATMIANESER (See Shatmianeser) (q.v.) appears in the book of Tobit (1:2,13, 15, 16). The change of the name is a corruption, the first syllable Shal being dropped (compare the Bupalussor of Abydenus, which represents Nabopolassar), and the order of the liquids M and N being reversed. The author of Tobit makes Enemessar lead the children of Israel into captivity ( 2 Kings 1:2), following the Apparent narrative of the book of Kings ( 2 Kings 17:3-6; 2 Kings 18:9-11). "He regards Sennacherib not only as his successor, but as his son ( 2 Kings 1:15), for which he has probably no authority beyond his own speculations upon the text of Scripture. (See Tobit).
