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Anam Melech
Holman Bible Dictionary
(uh nam' meh lehch) Personal name meaning, “Anu is king.” A god of the Sepharvites, who occupied part of Israel after the Northern Kingdom was exiled in 721 B.C. Worshipers sacrificed children to this god (2 Kings 17:31 ).
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Bibliography Information
Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Anam Melech'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/a/anam-melech.html. 1991.