Hammelech
He was the father of Malchijah, in the divided monarchy of Israel and Judah. Named in scripture at Jeremiah 36:26.
Where in scripture
JeremiahThe king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to arrest Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but Yahweh hid them.
Jeremiah 36:26
Then took they Jeremiah and threw him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son, that was in the court of the guard. They let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
Jeremiah 38:6
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.
