at'-a-lus: King of Pergamum, mentioned in 1 Macc 15:22 among the kings to whom was sent an edict (Ant., XIV, viii, 5) from Rome forbidding the persecution of the Jews. See ATTALIA.
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Attalus
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr (1915). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.