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31 the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak,[a] and the Sepharvites burned their sons in the fire as an offering to Adrammelech and Anammelech,[b] the gods of Sepharvaim.

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  1. 2 Kings 17:31 sn Nibhaz and Tartak were two Elamite deities. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 212.
  2. 2 Kings 17:31 sn Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of the Sepharvaim are unknown in extra-biblical literature. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 212.