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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Ashima (A male deity in the Old Testament)

A god, not a person: the god of the people of Hamath, whom the Assyrians resettled in Samaria after deporting the northern kingdom. Little is known of the cult beyond this one notice.

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A god, not a person: the god of the people of Hamath, whom the Assyrians resettled in Samaria after deporting the northern kingdom. Little is known of the cult beyond this one notice.

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Ashima is not a person but a deity, the god of the people of Hamath whom the Assyrians resettled in Samaria after deporting the northern kingdom's population (2 Kings 17:30). Little is known of the cult beyond this notice; some scholars connect the name to "Ashim-Bethel," a divine name that turns up centuries later among Aramaic-speaking Jews at Elephantine in Egypt.

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H807

Where it appears
  • 2 Kings 17:30

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