Bible Person
Meaning: answer; poverty of the king · Male · 1 cross reference
Anammelech is one of the imported gods worshipped by the people of Sepharvaim in Samaria. The dataset preserves the deity-name in person style rather than as a place or cult term. First appears in 2 Kgs 17:31.1
AI summary: This Anammelech matters because his single cross reference places the name in the catalogue of foreign worship brought into the land by transplanted peoples. Even as a deity rather than a human figure, the entry helps show the religious mixture that generated prophetic concern in Samaria. Taken together, the material presents Anammelech as part of the imported cultic landscape of the northern kingdom.1
Central Figure
Anammelech
Meaning: answer; poverty of the king
One of the gods worshipped by the people of Sepharvaim, who colonized Samaria (2 Kings 17:31).
One of the gods worshipped by the people of Sepharvaim, who colonized Samaria (2 Kings 17:31). The name means “Anu is king.” It was a female deity representing the moon, as Adrammelech (q.v.) was the male representing the sun. 3
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.