“Le Natanmelech eved ha-melech”. The translation is “Nephan Melech the king’s slave”. The name Nephan-Melech is mentioned in TANAKH only once, as a eunuch in the court of King Josiah of Judah (648-609). “And he cancelled the horses that the kings of Judah had set up for the sun before the entrance to the house of the Lord by the rooms of Nephan the eunuch in Farurim, and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.” This mention of objects also includes the seal of Nephan-melech, for which there is much documentary evidence. 4 Kings 23:11.
