Sharezer

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

SHAREZER would answer to the Assyr. [Note: Assyrian.] Shar-usur , ‘preserve the king,’ but that is only part of a name. 1 . It is given   2 Kings 19:37 =   Isaiah 37:38 as the name of a son of Sennacherib who with Adrammelech (which see) murdered his father. Shar-etir-Ashur was the name of a son of Sennacherib, who in a fragmentary letter is addressed as monarch, about the time of Esarhaddon’s reign. The name might give rise to Sharezer. At present, however, the Assyrian accounts mention only one murderer, and do not name him. A satisfactory explanation of the Hebrew narrative is yet to be found. 2 . Sharezer (the name is prob. incomplete) appears in   Zechariah 7:2 as one of a deputation sent to consult the spiritual heads of the Jewish community.

C. H. W. Johns.

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

1. A son of Sennacherib, who assisted in slaying his father,  Isaiah 37:38 .

2. A delegate sent to Jerusalem with Regemmelec and others, probably soon after the return from the Babylonish captivity, to inquire of the priests at Jerusalem whether a certain fast was still to be observed,  Zechariah 7:2;  8:19 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Share'zer. (Prince Of Fire). Sharezer was a son of Sennacherib, whom, In conjunction with his brother, Adrammelech, he murdered.  2 Kings 19:37. (B.C. after 711).

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("the king protects".) Sennaeherib's son and murderer, with Adrammelech. Moses of Chorene mills him Sanasar, and says the Armenian king to whom he fled gave him a tract of land where his descendants became numerous.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Son of Sennacherib and one of his murderers.  2 Kings 19:37;  Isaiah 37:38 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 2 Kings 19:37 Zechariah 7:2 beth-el

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 2 Kings 19:37

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

sha - rē´zẽr ( שׂראצר , sar'ecer , שׁראצר , shar'ecer ): Corresponds to the Assyrian Shar - uṣur , "protect the king"; found otherwise, not as a complete name, but as elements in personal names, e.g. Bel - shar - uṣur , "may Bel protect the king," which is the equivalent of Belshazzar (  Daniel 5:1 ). The name is borne by two persons in the Old Testament:

(1) The son of Sennacherib, king of Assyria, who with Adrammelech (which see) murdered his father ( 2 Kings 19:37;  Isaiah 37:38 ). The Babylonian Chronicle says concerning Sennacherib's death: "On the 20th day of Tebet Sennacherib, king of Assyria, was slain by his son in a revolt." This differs from the Old Testament account in that it speaks of only one murderer, and does not give his name. How the two accounts can be harmonized is still uncertain. Hitzig, ( Kritik , 194 ff), following Abydenus, as quoted by Eusebius, completed the name of Sennacherib's son, so as to read Nergal-sharezer = Nergal - shar - uṣur ( Jeremiah 39:3 ,  Jeremiah 39:13 ), and this is accepted by many modern scholars. Johns thinks that Sharezer ( shar'ecer or sar'ecer ) may be a corruption from Shar - etir - Ashur , the name of a son of Sennacherib (1-vol HDB , under the word). The question cannot be definitely settled.

(2) A contemporary of the prophet Zechariah, mentioned in connection with the sending of a delegation to the spiritual heads of the community to inquire concerning the propriety of continuing the fasts: "They of Beth-el had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech" ( Zechariah 7:2 ). This translation creates a difficulty in connection with the succeeding words, literally, "and his men." The Revisers place in the margin as an alternative rendering, "They of Beth-el, even Sharezer ... had sent." Sharezer sounds peculiar in apposition to "they of Beth-el"; hence, some have thought, especially since Sharezer seems incomplete, that in the two words Beth-el and Sharezer we have a corruption of what was originally a single proper name, perhaps Bel-sharezer = Bel - shar - uṣur = Bel-shazzar. The present text, no matter how translated, presents difficulties. See Regem-Melech .

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Share'tser; שִׁרְאֶצֶר , Persian for Prince Of Fire ; Sept. Σαρασάρ v.r. Σαρασά ) , the name of two men.

1. A son of Sennacherib (q.v.), who, with his brother Adrammelech, murdered their father in the house of the god Nisroch ( 2 Kings 19:37;  Isaiah 37:38). B.C. post 711. "Moses of Chorene calls him Sanasar, and says that he was favorably received by the Armenian king to whom he fled, and given a tract of country on the Assyrian frontier, where his descendants became very numerous ( Hist. Amen. 1, 22). He is not mentioned as engaged in the murder, either by Polyhistor or Abydenus. who both speak of Adrammelech."

2. A messenger sent along with Regem-melech (q.v.), in the fourth year of Darius, by the people who had returned from the captivity to inquire concerning fasting in the fifth month ( Zechariah 7:2, A.V. "Sherezer"). B.C. 519.

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Share´zer (Persic, prince of fire), a son of Sennacherib, one of those who slew his father . Another person of this name occurs in .