ADRAMELECH (Hebrew 'adrammèlek). - A deity probably of Syrian origin (Adad-malik) of the inhabitants of Se-farwaim (perhaps Šabara'in) transplanted by Sargon to Samaria. Others consider it to be Adar-shamash, a solar god of Sippar. (2 Kings 17:31).
BIBL.: F. Spadafora, *Dizionario biblico*, Rome 1937, p. 14.