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Adrammelech

Adrammelech - Adar the king. (1.) An idol; a form of the sun-god worshipped by\nthe inhabitants of Sepharvaim (2 Kings 17:31), and brought by\nthe Sepharvite colonists into Samaria. (2.) A son of\nSennacherib, king of Assyria (2 Kings 19:37; Isa. 37:38). From Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)