Who was Hammelech?

The king’s, the father of Jerahmeel, mentioned in Jer. 36:26. Some take this word as a common noun, “the king”, and understand that Jerahmeel was Jehoiakim’s son. Probably, however, it is to be taken as a proper name.

Hammelech first appears in Jeremiah 36:26. In this repository’s biblical text, this figure is associated with 2 verse mentions across 1 book, most notably Jeremiah.