Adrammelech
also called Adrammelech, Adramelek or Adar-malik, (Hebrew:
אַדְרַמֶּלֶךְ, Modern Adrammelekh Tiberian ʼAḏramméleḵ; Greek:
Αδραμελεχ Adramelekh; Latin: Adramelech) was a form of sun
god, the centre of his worship was the town of Sepharvaim
(II Kings 17:31 ) and was brought by the Sepharvite
colonists into Samaria. The "melech" from his name mea...
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1. An Assyrian idol
2Ki 17:31
-2. Son of Sennacherib
2Ki 19:37; Isa 37:38...
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(splendor of the king).
1. The name of an idol introduced into Samaria by the
colonists from Sepharvaim. 2Ki 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 powe...
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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)....
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1. The idol of the Sepharvite colonists of Samaria planted by
Assyria (2 Kings 17:31); means "burning splendor of the king"
(compare Molech). The male power of the sun; as ANAMMELECH is
the female, sister deity. Astrology characterized the Assyrian
idolatry. Adrammelech was represented as a peacock or a mule;
Anammelech as a pheasant or a hors...
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And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of
Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote
him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia.
And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead....
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And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of
Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote
him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia:
and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead....
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And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites
burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech,
the gods of Sepharvaim....
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