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Sharezer

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

SHAREZER would answer to the Assyr. [Note: Assyrian.] Shar-usur , ‘preserve the king,’ but that is only part of a name. 1 . It is given 2 Kings 19:37 = Isaiah 37:38 as the name of a son of Sennacherib who with Adrammelech (which see) murdered his father. Shar-etir-Ashur was the name of a son of Sennacherib, who in a fragmentary letter is addressed as monarch, about the time of Esarhaddon’s reign. The name might give rise to Sharezer. At present, however, the Assyrian accounts mention only one murderer, and do not name him. A satisfactory explanation of the Hebrew narrative is yet to be found. 2 . Sharezer (the name is prob. incomplete) appears in Zechariah 7:2 as one of a deputation sent to consult the spiritual heads of the Jewish community.

C. H. W. Johns.

Bibliography Information
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Sharezer'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​s/sharezer.html. 1909.