Adrammelech

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This entry incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897.

Adrammelech - 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).

See also the female version Anammelech.



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