NATHAN-MELECH

(Naʹthan-meʹlech) [king’s gift, or, the king has given].

A court official of Judah whose dining room was situated in the porticoes of the temple. While taking steps against false worship, King Josiah made the horses that Judean kings had given to the sun “cease from entering the house of Jehovah by the dining room of Nathan-melech.”—2 Ki. 23:11.