Esarhaddon
אֵסַר־חַדּוֹןStrong’s H0634esar-chaddon (e-sar-chad-don)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Esar-chaddon is the Hebrew word usually translated “esar-” and “-haddon”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.”
Meaning
- A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.19.37
How it's translated
- esar- 3
- -haddon 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Kings 1
- Ezra 1
- Isaiah 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Ezra 4:2Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.
- Isaiah 37:38And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
Hebrew dictionary
אֵסַר־חַדּוֹן esar-chaddon · Esarhaddon
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.19.37; son of: Sennacherib (H5576); brother of: Adrammelech (H0152H) and Sharezer (H8272) § Esarhaddon = "Ashur has given a brother" king of Assyria in the seventh-century BC
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.