Hebrew word · H634

אֵסַר־חַדּוֹן

'esar-

Esarhaddon

Appears 6 times in 3 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.19.37;

son of: Sennacherib (H5576);

brother of: Adrammelech (H0152H) and Sharezer (H8272)

§ Esarhaddon = "Ashur has given a brother"

king of Assyria in the seventh-century BC

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

2 Kings · 2

  1. 2 Kings 19:37 אֵֽסַר־ חַדֹּ֥ן Esar-, -haddon

    One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.

Ezra · 2

  1. Ezra 4:2 אֵסַ֤ר חַדֹּן֙ Esar-, -haddon

    they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families, saying, “Let us build with you because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the time of King Esar-haddon of Assyria, who brought us here.”

    Here: The first part of the Assyrian royal name Aššur-aḫa-iddina, "Ashur has given a brother".

Isaiah · 2

  1. Isaiah 37:38 אֵֽסַר־ חַדֹּ֥ן Esar-, -haddon

    One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.

    Here: From Assyrian Aššur-aḫa-iddina, 'Ashur has given a brother'. 'Esar' represents the god's name Ashur.

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