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ADRAMMELECH

(Heb. ʾarammele)

(DEITY)

A god worshipped by the Sepharvaim (2 Kgs. 17:31), a people brought by Sargon II into Samaria after its destruction in 722 b.c. Little is known about this god, who is not mentioned in any Babylonian or Assyrian writings. According to 2 Kgs. 17:31 the Sepharvaim “burned their sons to” Adrammelech, probably a magical or dedicatory rite, rather than a sacrifice, to be compared with the phrase “to pass through the fire” (v. 17; 21:6) and contrasted with burnt offerings to Baal (Jer. 19:5). The name is West Semitic and may mean “the glorious one is king.”

Michael D. Hildenbrand







Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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