ʼÊçar-Chaddôwn — H634

Definition

masculine proper noun

Esar-chaddon, an Assyrian king

1. Esarhaddon = "Ashur has given a brother"
2. king of Assyria in the seventh-century BC

Usually translated as

Esar-haddon

Origin

of foreign derivation

Occurrences

ʼÊçar-Chaddôwn occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (1), Ezra (1), Isaiah (1)

• 2 Kings 19:37 — 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 Esar-haddon (אֵֽסַר) his son reigned in his stead.
• Ezra 4:2 — Then 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 Esar-haddon (אֵסַ֤ר) king of Assur, which brought us up hither.
• Isaiah 37:38 — 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 Esar-haddon (אֵֽסַר) his son reigned in his stead.