Adrammelech

Meaning: Adar the king.

The name of an false-god and a prince:

1. An idol; a form of the sun-god worshipped by the inhabitants of Sepharvaim (2 Kings 17:31), and brought by the Sepharvite colonists into Samaria.

2. A son of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (2 Kings 19:37; Isa. 37:38).

ALSO SEE:

• Idolatry