Bible Person

Adrammelech

Meaning: the cloak · Male · 2 cross references

Adrammelech is one of Sennacherib's sons, remembered for taking part in his father's assassination before fleeing and leaving the throne to Esar-haddon. He belongs to the violent succession politics of Assyria. First appears in 2 Kgs 19:37.1

AI summary: Adrammelech matters because the cross references place him at the end of the Assyrian king who had blasphemed and threatened Jerusalem. His role in Sennacherib's death gives historical closure to a ruler presented as arrogant before God. Taken together, the material presents Adrammelech as a royal son whose violent act becomes part of the divine reversal surrounding Assyria's pride.1

Central Figure

Adrammelech

Meaning: the cloak

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