Editing Sepharvaim

{{Short description|Biblical city}}
'''Sepharvaim''' ({{langx|he|סְפַרְוָיִם|Səp̄arvāyīm}}) was a city mentioned in the Bible as being captured by the [[Assyria]]ns. 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 [[Book of Isaiah|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 (city)|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]] [[Akhenaten|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.{{cn|date=December 2023}} (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.<ref>{{bibleverse|2|Kings|17:24|NKJV}}</ref>

==References==
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==Attribution==
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==External links==
*[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/sepharvaim Jewish Virtual Library - Sepharvaim]

[[Category:Hebrew Bible cities]]
[[Category:Sippar]]
[[Category:Books of Kings]]
[[Category:Book of Isaiah]]