H8272G

שַׁרְאֶ֫צֶר

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Sharezer

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.19.37; son of: Sennacherib (H5576); brother of: Adrammelech (H0152H) and Esarhaddon (H0634) § Sharezer or Sherezer = "prince of fire" 1) son of king Sennacherib of Assyria and murderer of his father 2) an Israelite whom the people sent to the house of God to pray in the time of the prophet Zechariah and king Darius

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

שַׂרְאֶ֫צֶר proper name, masculine in Assyrian (Babylonian) (van d. H. ׳שׁ, but see Baer, and Str^{ZMG xxxiii (1879), 302}; in Assyrian perhaps [Ašur, Bêl, or Nergal] šar-uƒur, [...] protect the king ! COT^{2Kgs 19:37}; Σαρασα(ρ)); —

1. son of Sennach., 2Kgs 19:37 = Isa 37:38 (Schr^{COT l.c.} Wkl^{KAT 3, 84} Stevenson^{Hast. DB. iv. 476}).

2. a returned exile Zech 7:2 (Stevenson^{ib. 477}). — compare also ׳נֵרְגַּל שׂ p. 669.

2 occurrences

II Kings (1), Isaiah (1)

II Kings 19:37
Isaiah 37:38