ham'-e-lek (ha-melekh, "the king"): Wrongly translated as a proper name in the King James Version. It should be rendered "the king," as in the American Standard Revised Version (Jer 36:26; 38:6).
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Hammelech
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr (1915). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.