Bible Person

Sharezer

Meaning: overseer of the treasury · Male · 2 cross references

Sharezer is a son of Sennacherib who participates in the assassination of the Assyrian king and then flees. He appears in the aftermath of the Lord's judgment upon Assyria's arrogant ruler. First appears in 2 Kgs 19:37.1

AI summary: Sharezer matters because his cross references show the dramatic reversal of imperial pride: the king who defied the Lord is struck down in his own house by his own sons. The entry therefore belongs to the wider pattern of divine judgment overtaking great powers. Taken together, the material presents Sharezer as part of the family betrayal through which Assyria's vaunted king falls.1

Central Figure

Sharezer

Meaning: overseer of the treasury

(god) protect the king!, a son of Sennacherib, king of Assyria.