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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Easton, Matthew George (1897). Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). Nelson and Sons. : Missing or empty |title= ( help ) Sepharvaim - taken by Sargon , king of Assyria (2 Kings 17:24; 18:34; 19:13; Isa. 37:13).1 It was a double city, and received the common name Sepharvaim, i.e., "the two Sipparas," or "the two booktowns." The Sippara on the east bank of the Euphrates is now called Abu-Habba; that on the other bank was Accad, the old capital of Sargon I., where he established a great library. (See Sargon.) The recent discovery of cuneiform inscriptions at Tel el-Amarna in Egypt, consisting of official despatches to Pharaoh Amenophis IV. and his predecessor from their agents in Palestine, proves that in the century before the Exodus an active literary intercourse was carried on between these nations, and that the medium of the correspondence was the Babylonian language and script.2(See Kirjath - Sepher .) Sepharvaim was the centre of the worship of the god Adramelech .3
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Sepharvaim - taken by a king of Assyria , probably Sargon II , (2 Kings 17:24; 18:34; 19:13; Isa. 37:13). It was a double city, and received the common name Sepharvaim, i.e., "the two Sipparas," or "the two booktowns." The Sippara on the east bank of the Euphrates is now called Abu-Habba; that on the other bank was Accad, the old capital of Sargon I, where he established a great library. The recent discovery of cuneiform inscriptions at Tel el-Amarna in Egypt , consisting of official despatches to Pharaoh Amenophis IV . and his predecessor from their agents in Palestine , leads some Egyptologists to conclude that in the century before the Exodus an active literary intercourse was carried on between these nations, and that the medium of the correspondence was the Babylonian language and script. (See Kirjath - Sepher .) However, it has not been conclusively proven which Egyptian Pharaoh the Amarna Letters reference or that the Judean Exodus necessarily occurred after these letters. Sepharvaim was the centre of the worship of the god Adramelech . They also worshipped the god Anamelech .After the deportation of the Israelite tribes, at least some of the residents of this city were brought to Samaria to repopulate it with other Gentile settlers.
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Sepharvaim - taken by a king of Assyria , probably Sargon II , (claimed in the Old Testament in 2 Kings 17:24; 18:34; 19:13; Isa. 37:13). It was a double city, and received the common name Sepharvaim, i.e., "the two Sipparas," or "the two booktowns." The Sippara on the east bank of the Euphrates is now called Abu-Habba; that on the other bank was Accad, the old capital of Sargon I, where he established a great library. The recent discovery of cuneiform inscriptions at Tel el-Amarna in Egypt , consisting of official despatches to Pharaoh Amenophis IV . and his predecessor from their agents in Palestine , leads some Egyptologists to conclude that in the century before the Exodus an active literary intercourse was carried on between these nations, and that the medium of the correspondence was the Babylonian language and script. (See Kirjath - Sepher .) However, it has not been conclusively proven which Egyptian Pharaoh the Amarna Letters reference or that the Judean Exodus necessarily occurred after these letters. Sepharvaim was the centre of the worship of the god Adramelech . They also worshipped the god Anamelech . After the deportation of the Israelite tribes, at least some of the residents of this city were brought to Samaria to repopulate it with other Gentile settlers.
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Sepharvaim - taken by a king of Assyria , probably Sargon II , (cited in the Old Testament in 2 Kings 17:24, 31; 18:34; 19:13; Isa. 37:13). It was a double city, and received the common name Sepharvaim, i.e., "the two Sipparas," or "the two booktowns." The Sippara on the east bank of the Euphrates is now called Abu-Habba; that on the other bank was Akkad , the old capital of Sargon I, where he established a great library. The recent discovery of cuneiform inscriptions at Tel el-Amarna in Egypt , consisting of official despatches to Pharaoh Amenophis IV . and his predecessor from their agents in Canaan , leads some Egyptologists to conclude that in the century before the Exodus an active literary intercourse was carried on between these nations, and that the medium of the correspondence was the Assyrian language and script. (See Kirjath - Sepher .) However, it has not been conclusively proven which Egyptian Pharaoh the Amarna Letters reference or that the Judean Exodus necessarily occurred after these letters. Sepharvaim was the center of the worship of the god Adrammelech .They also worshipped the god Anammelech . After the deportation of the Israelite tribes, at least some of the residents of this city were brought to Samaria to repopulate it with other Gentile settlers.
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Biblical city Sepharvaim ( ) was a city mentioned in the Bible as being captured by the Assyrians .It was taken by a king of Assyria, probably Sargon II , (cited in the Old Testament in 2 Kings 17:24, 31; 18:34; 19:13; Book of Isaiah 37:13). It was a double city, and received the common name Sepharvaim, i.e., "the two Sipparas," or "the two booktowns." The Sippara on the east bank of the Euphrates is now called Abu-Habba; that on the other bank was Akkad , the old capital of Sargon I, where he established a great library. The recent discovery of cuneiform inscriptions at Tell el-Amarna in Egypt , consisting of official despatches to Pharaoh Amenophis IV . and his predecessor from their agents in Canaan , leads some Egyptologists to conclude that in the century before the Exodus an active literary intercourse was carried on between these nations, and that the medium of the correspondence was the Assyrian language and script. (See Kirjath - Sepher .) However, it has not been conclusively proven which Egyptian Pharaoh the Amarna Letters reference or that the Israelite Exodus necessarily occurred after these letters. Sepharvaim was the center of the worship of the god Adrammelech . They also worshipped the god Anammelech . After the deportation of the Israelite tribes, at least some of the residents of this city were brought to Samaria to repopulate it with other Gentile settlers.
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Biblical city Sepharvaim ( Hebrew : סְפַרְוָיִם , romanized : Səp̄arvāyīm ) was a city mentioned in the Bible as being captured by the Assyrians .It was taken by a king of Assyria, probably Sargon II , cited in the Hebrew Bible in 2 Kings 17 :24, 31; 18:34; 19:13; and Isaiah 37:13). It was a double city, and received the common name Sepharvaim, i.e., "the two Sipparas", or "the two booktowns". The Sippar on the east bank of the Euphrates is now called Abu-Habba; that on the other bank was Akkad , the old capital of Sargon I , where he established a great library. The recent discovery of cuneiform inscriptions at Amarna in Egypt , consisting of official despatches to Pharaoh Amenophis IV . and his predecessor from their agents in Canaan , leads some Egyptologists to conclude that an active literary intercourse was carried on between these nations, and that the medium of the correspondence was the Akkadian language and script. (See Kirjath Sepher .) Sepharvaim was the center of the worship of the god Adrammelech . They also worshipped the god Anammelech . After the deportation of the Israelites to Assyria, at least some of the residents of this city were brought to Samaria to repopulate it with other Gentile settlers. 2 Kings 17:24
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