Lexical Definition

‎אֲדְרַמֶּלֶךְ‎ ʼĂdrammelek (ad-ram-meh'-lek) Adrammelech ^N:N-M-P
from ‎אָדַר‎ and ‎מֶלֶךְ‎; splendor of (the) king

Adrammelech.

• § Adrammelech = "honour of the king" or "Adar is prince" or "Adar is Counsellor, Decider"
• Adrammelek, the name of an Assyrian idol, also of a son of Sennacherib

1) an idol or god of the Sepharvites, introduced to Israel by Shalmaneser the fifth
2) the son and murderer of Sennacherib

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.19.37
• son of: Sennacherib (סַנְחֵרִיב)
• brother of: Sharezer (שַׁרְאֶצֶר) and Esarhaddon (אֵסַר־חַדּוֹן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אַדְרַמֶּ֫לֶךְ‎ proper name, masculine (Adar is prince, Assyrian Adar-malik (?) see KAT^{2 284}, cf, ABK¹⁴⁰; or A. is Counsellor, Decider, compare Dl^{K 52 f}; otherwise Sayce^Rel. Babylonian 7; on Babylonian god Adar see Schr^{KSGW 1880, 19 f} Dl^{K 52 f}, but Sayce^Rel, Babylonian 151 f; Jen^{Ko 457 f} and others read Assyrian name Ninib; on Carthaginian ‎יתנאדר‎ see Bae^{Rel. 54})

1. a god of Sepharvaim 2Kgs 17:31.

2. parricidal son of Sennacherib 2Kgs 19:37; Isa 37:38.

‎אֲדֹרָם‎ see ‎אדנירם‎ below ‎אדון‎. above‎אֲדַרְכּוֺן‎ see ‎דרכמון‎. ‎אֶדְרְעִי‎ see ‎דרע‎.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Male • Son of Sennacherib • Son of Sennacherib who murdered his father

Man living at the time of Divided Monarchy

Adrammelech, son of Assyrian king Sennacherib, assassinated his father. (2Ki.19.37; Isa.37.38)

• A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.19.37;
• only referred to as Adrammelech אֲדְרַמֶּלֶךְ;
• son of Sennacherib סַנְחֵרִיב;
• a brother of Sharezer שַׁרְאֶצֶר and Esarhaddon אֵסַר־חַדּוֹן.

Adrammelech was one of the sons of Sennacherib, the king of Assyria. After Sennacherib's unsuccessful campaign against Jerusalem, he returned to Nineveh. While worshipping in the temple of his god Nisroch, Adrammelech and his brother Sharezer assassinated their father with the sword. They then escaped to the land of Ararat. Sennacherib's son Esarhaddon succeeded him as king. (2Ki.19.37; Isa.37.38).

All entries for Adrammelech: אֲדְרַמֶּלֶךְ

Related Profiles:

• Sennacherib (father)
• Sharezer (sibling)
• Esarhaddon (sibling)