Study it in the app“and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites were burning their sons in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.”
and the AvvitesוְהָעַוִּיםmadeעָשׂוּNibhazנִבְחַזand Tartak;וְאֶת תַּרְתָּקand the Sepharvitesוְהַסְפַרְוִיםwere burningשֹׂרְפִיםtheir sonsאֶת בְּנֵיהֶםin the fireבָּאֵשׁto Adrammelechלְאַדְרַמֶּלֶךְand Anammelech,וַעֲנַמֶּלֶךְthe godsאֱלֹהֵיof Sepharvaim.סְפַרְוָיִם
Avvite of Avva
People from Avva whom Assyria settled in Samaria.
Where else “avim” appearsmake
To build or create something.
Where else “asu” appearsNibhaz
Nibhaz. The name of a god the Avvites brought to Samaria made for themselves (2 Kings 17:31). Named only here; an idol of a foreign people.
Where else “nivchaz” appearsTartak
Tartak. The name of a god the Avvites brought to Samaria made for themselves (2 Kings 17:31). Named only here; an idol of a foreign people.
Where else “tartak” appearsSepharvites
Sepharvite: an inhabitant of the city of Sepharvaim. In 2 Kings 17:31 it is said that the Sepharvites burned their children for their gods.
Where else “sefarvim” appearsburn
Burn; bake in the fire.
Where else “sorfim” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appearsAdrammelech
Adrammelech. The name of two different figures: 1) a god of the people of Sepharvaim, to whom they burned their children (2 Kings 17:31); the Bible names him as another people's idol; 2) a son of Sennacherib who, with his brother, killed his father (2 Kings 19:37).
Where else “adramelech” appearsAnammelech
Anammelech. The name of a god of the people of Sepharvaim, to whom they burned their children (2 Kings 17:31). Named only here; an idol of a foreign people.
Where else “anamelech” appearsgods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohe” appearsSepharvaim
Sepharvaim. A city conquered by Assyria, from which people were brought to settle Samaria (2 Kings 17:24, 31). The king of Assyria names it among the cities whose gods could not deliver them (2 Kings 18:34; 19:13).
Where else “sefarvayim” appears30The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima;
31 · This verse (above)
32They feared YHWH, and they made for themselves from among all of them priests of high places, who were officiating for them in the house of the high places.
