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Adrammelech

Meaning: “Adar the king” or “Magnificent king”

This is the name of a false-god and a prince.

1. Adrammelech, a false god

   This false god and idol is associated with the heinous sin of child sacrifice.

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

   The Sepharvite burned their children as offerings to this idol (2 Kings 17:31 NKJV).

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2. Prince Adrammelech, an Assyrian

   He is a rebellious son and murderer of the Assyrian King Sennacherib.

   Now it happened that as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons struck him down with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son became king in his place. —Isaiah 37:38; 2 Kings 19:37