Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Adar the king. ) An idol; a form of the sun-god worshipped by the inhabitants of Sepharvaim (2 Kings 17:31), and brought by the Sepharvite colonists into Samaria. ) A son of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (2 Kings 19:37; Isa. 37:38).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(splendor of the king).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
ADRAM'MELECH (king of fire). 1. An idol-god of Sepharvaim, supposed to represent the sun, while another idol, called Anammelech, represented the moon. 2 Kgs 17:31. Sacrifices of living children were made to these idols, as to Moloch. Adrammelech. (From Nimrud. ) A son of Sennacherib, king of Assyria. Isa 37:38. He and his brother, Sharezer, killed their father while he was in the act of idolatry. Their motive for this parricidal deed is not known. They both fled to Armenia, and Esar-haddon succeeded to the crown.
Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)
the cloak, glory, grandeur or power of the king
Schaff's Bible Dictionary
ADRAM'MELECH (king of fire). 1. An idol-god of Sepharvaim, supposed to represent the sun, while another idol, called Anammelech, represented the moon. 2 Kgs 17:31. Sacrifices of living children were made to these idols, as to Moloch. Adrammelech. (From Nimrud.