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Adramelech in Wikipedia

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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Adrammelech Scripture - Isaiah 37:38

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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Adrammelech Scripture - 2 Kings 17:31

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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Adrammelech in Naves Topical Bible

1. An Assyrian idol 2Ki 17:31 -2. Son of Sennacherib 2Ki 19:37; Isa 37:38...

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Adrammelech in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(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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Adrammelech in Easton's Bible Dictionary

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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Adrammelech in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

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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Adrammelech in Hitchcock's Bible Names

the cloak...

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Adrammelech Scripture - 2 Kings 19:37

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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