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    ANAMMELECH

    (A·namʹme·lech) [possibly from Babylonian, meaning “Anu Is King”].

    A deity of the Sepharvites that proved unable to deliver them from the Assyrian aggressors. (2Ki 18:34) The worship of Anammelech included the revolting practice of child sacrifice.​—2Ki 17:31.