What is Armenia in the Bible?
The land where Adrammelech and Sharezer escaped after killing their father.
Armenia is a land named in the King James Version as the place where Adrammelech and Sharezer fled after killing their father. Second Kings and Isaiah tell the same story: while their father, a reigning king, was worshipping in the house of his god Nisroch, these two sons struck him down with the sword and escaped into the land of Armenia, and another son, Esarhaddon, reigned after him (2 Kings 19:37; Isaiah 37:38).
Armenia in the Bible
Armenia appears nowhere else in the KJV. Here the KJV's Armenia translates the Hebrew Ararat, the mountainous region to the north of Assyria.
- Role
- Land of refuge
- First mention
- 2 Kings 19:37
- Appearances in the Bible
- 2 mentions
Questions about Armenia
What is Armenia in the Bible?
Armenia is a land named in the King James Version as the place where Adrammelech and Sharezer fled after killing their father. Second Kings and Isaiah tell the same story: while their father, a reigning king, was worshipping in the house of his god Nisroch, these two sons struck him down with the sword and escaped into the land of Armenia, and another son, Esarhaddon, reigned after him (2 Kings 19:37; Isaiah 37:38). Armenia appears nowhere else in the KJV. Here the KJV's Armenia translates the Hebrew Ararat, the mountainous region to the north of Assyria.
Where is Armenia first mentioned in the Bible?
Armenia is first mentioned in 2 Kings 19:37.
How many times is Armenia mentioned in the Bible?
Number of mentions in the Bible: 2.