Adrammelech in Biblical History

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Who is Adrammelech?
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.

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