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Sharezer

Holman Bible Dictionary

(sshuh ree' zuhr) Abbreviated form of Akkadian name meaning, “may (god's name) protect the king.” Son of Sennacherib who helped murder his father (2 Kings 19:37 ). Assyrian records report the death as occurring in 681 B.C. See Assyria. 2. Name open to several interpretations in Zechariah 7:2 . The full name may be Bethel-sharezer, meaning, “may the god Bethel protect the king” (see REB). Sharezer may be a man sent to the house of God (beth-el in Hebrew) to pray (KJV). The town of Bethel may have sent Sharezer to pray (NAS, NIV, NRSV, TEV). The name probably indicates the person was born in Babylonian Exile. He may have come with his questions from Babylon and have come as a representative of the people of Bethel.