Bible Encyclopedias
Anammelech

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature

Anam´melech (2 Kings 17:31) is mentioned, together with Adrammelech, as a god of the people of Sepharvaim, who colonized Samaria. He was also worshipped by the sacrifice of children by fire. No satisfactory etymology of the name has been discovered. The same obscurity prevails as to the form under which the god was worshipped.

 

 

 

 

Bibliography Information
Kitto, John, ed. Entry for 'Anammelech'. "Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature". https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​kbe/​a/anammelech.html.