I. Name

Assyrian divine name, attested as theophoric element in the name of one of the sons of Sennacherib who murdered him, Arad-Mulissu. Adrammelech (ʾadrammelek) in 2 Kgs. 19.37, par. Isa. 37.38, is a corrupted form of this Assyrian name. Greek traditions assign him the names Adramelos and Ardumuzan (M. Streck, VAB VII/1 [1916] ccxxxix–ccxl; Parpola 1980:176 notes 4–5). Parpola demonstrated that these names are corruptions of Arad-Mulissu. This human being Adrammelech = Arad-Mulissu in 2 Kgs. 19.37 and Isa. 37.38 should not be…