adrammelech Summary and Overview

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).

(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 power of the sun. 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. #2Ki 19:37; 2Ch 32:21; Isa 37:38|

ADRAM'MELECH (king of fire). 1. An idol-god of Sepharvaim, supposed to represent the sun, while another idol, called Anammelech, represented the moon. 2 Kgs 17:31. Sacrifices of living children were made to these idols, as to Moloch. Adrammelech. (From Nimrud. After Layard.) 1. A son of Sennacherib, king of Assyria. Isa 37:38. He and his brother, Sharezer, killed their father while he was in the act of idolatry. Their motive for this parricidal deed is not known. They both fled to Armenia, and Esar-haddon succeeded to the crown.

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 horse. Children were burnt in his honor.

2. Son and murderer of Sennacherib in Nisroch's temple at Nineveh. He and Sharezer his brother escaped to Armenia (2 Kings 19:36;