Bible Person
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.
A son of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (2 Kings 19:37; Isa. 37:38). 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.