Midvash

אֲדְרַמֶּלֶךְʼĂdrammelek

proper name, masculine: Adar is prince, Adar-malik

Pronunciation: ad-ram-meh'-lek · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H152

Meanings

1. a god of Sepharvaim (2 Kings 17:31)

2. parricidal son of Sennacherib (2 Kings 19:37; Isaiah 37:38)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Kings 17:31 The Avvites worshiped their gods Nibhaz and Tartak. And the people from Sepharvaim even burned their own children as sacrifices to their gods Adrammelech and Anammelech.
  • 2 Kings 19:37 One day while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him with their swords. They then escaped to the land of Ararat, and another son, Esarhaddon, became the next king of Assyria.
  • Isaiah 37:38 One day while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him with their swords. They then escaped to the land of Ararat, and another son, Esarhaddon, became the next king of Assyria.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).