I. Name
Adrammelech is a god worshipped by the people of Sepharvaim whom the Assyrians settled in Samaria, coupled with Anammelech, 2 Kgs. 17.31.
II. Identity
No attempt to identify Sepharvaim or its deities has yet commanded general acceptance. An interesting proposal has been produced by Zadok (1976). Building on a study by Driver (1958) he argued that the place was Assyrian Saparrê, Babylonian Sipirani, from a putative Siprayn, situated in Chaldaea, south of Nippur. Its inhabitan…