Adrammelech (2)

2. ADRAMMELECH, one of the Gods adored by the Inhabitants of Sepharvaim, who were settled in the Country of Samaria, in the room of those Israelites who were carried beyond the Euphrates. The People of Sepharvaim made their Children pass through the fire in honour of this false Deity, Ch. xvii. 31.and another called Anamelech. The Rabbins say that Adrammelech was represented under the form of a Mule, which is not at all probable: There is much more reason to believe that Adrammelech was the Sun, and Anamelech the Moon; the first signifies the magnificent King, the second the gentle King. Many of the Eastern People adored the Moon under the name and form of a God, not of a Goddess.

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