Punishing a dead villain: the Biblical accounts on the murder of Sennacherib
According to 2Kgs 19:37 / Is 37:38, Sennacherib, king of Assyria was murdered by two of his sons: Adrammelek and Sarezer. While Adrammelek can be traced to a known figure, Sarezer remains unknown. It is suggested here that Sarezer is not a historical figure. This name, the meaning of which is “God s...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2013
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Biblische Notizen
Year: 2013, Volume: 157, Pages: 101-105 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old Testament
/ Sennacherib Assyria, King 745 BC-680 BC
/ Murder
B Israel (Antiquity) / History 1000 BC-586 BC B Biblical geography / History 745 BC-622 BC |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
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Bible. Könige 2. 19,37
B Old Testament B Murder B Bible. Jesaja 37,38 |
| Summary: | According to 2Kgs 19:37 / Is 37:38, Sennacherib, king of Assyria was murdered by two of his sons: Adrammelek and Sarezer. While Adrammelek can be traced to a known figure, Sarezer remains unknown. It is suggested here that Sarezer is not a historical figure. This name, the meaning of which is “God save the king!,” was inserted here, in order to add an ironic dimension to the story of the murder of the king of Assyria. 2Kgs 19,37 und Is 37,38 erwähnen die Ermordung Sanheribs durch seine beiden Söhne Adramelek und Sarezer. Adramelek lässt sich historisch identifizieren, während Sarezer ausserbiblisch nicht erwähnt wird. In dem vorliegenden Beitrag wird vorgeschlagen, Sarezer als eine nicht historische Figur zu sehen. Der Name bedeutet „Gott helfe dem König!“ und wurde in den betreffenden Bibelstellen eingefügt, um der Geschichte der Ermordung des Königs eine ironische Wendung zu geben. |
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| ISSN: | 0178-2967 |
| Contains: | In: Biblische Notizen
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