Adrammelech in the Bible
At a glance
- Name: Adrammelech
- Classification: Pagan God
- Testament: Old Testament
- Verse mentions: 3
- Books: 2
- Chapters: 3
Description
A god of Sepharvaim to whom colonists burned their children; also a son of Sennacherib who murdered his father.
KJV Bible references
and the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
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.
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 Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.
