To him the body of the one who is smitten with disease is confided.

As the god of light, he is appropriately called upon to banish 'darkness' from the house, darkness being synonymous with misfortune; and the appeal is made to him more particularly as the 'king of judgment.' From this, it is evident that the beneficent action of the sun, was the phase associated with Shamash.

He was hailed as the god that gives light and life to all things, upon whose favor the prosperity of the fields and the well-being of man depend.

He creates the light and secures its blessings for mankind.

His favor produces order and stability; his wrath brings discomfiture and ruin to the state and the individual.