Pado'el was king of Ammon

Ammon

Ammon , also referred to as the Ammonites and children of Ammon, was an ancient nation located east of the Jordan River, Gilead, and the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan. The chief city of the country was Rabbah or Rabbath Ammon, site of the modern city of Amman, Jordan's capital...

 in the 720s BCE and probably the successor to Shanip

Shanip

Shanip was king of Ammon in the mid eighth century BCE. He is mentioned as a vassal of the Assyrian king Tiglath-Pilesar III. His name, which invokes the name of the god El Shanip (Assyrian: Sanipu) was king of Ammon in the mid eighth century BCE. He is mentioned as a vassal of the Assyrian king...

. He is mentioned as a vassal of the Assyria

Assyria

Assyria was a Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant as a nation state from the mid–23rd century BC to 608 BC centred on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia , that came to rule regional empires a number of times through history. It was named for its original capital, the ancient city of Assur...

n kings Sennacherib

Sennacherib

Sennacherib |Sîn]] has replaced brothers for me"; Aramaic: ) was the son of Sargon II, whom he succeeded on the throne of Assyria .-Rise to power:...

 and Esarhaddon

Esarhaddon

Esarhaddon , was a king of Assyria who reigned 681 – 669 BC. He was the youngest son of Sennacherib and the Aramean queen Naqi'a , Sennacherib's second wife....

. His name also appears on a seal from the period that reads lbyd'l 'bd pd'l ("Belonging to Beyad'el servant of Pado'el).

His name, which invokes the name of the god El (as do the names of his fellow Ammonite kings Hissalel

Hissalel

Hissalel ben Amminadab was an Ammonite king of the late seventh century BCE, reigning approximately 620 BCE. He is mentioned on an inscription on a bronze situla found at Tel Siran in Jordan...

 and Barakel

Barakel

Barakhel or Barakel was a king of Ammon in the 670s BCE. He is known from a small black clay bulla bearing his seal impression. A groove and several dots around the impression demonstrate that the seal likely took the form of a metal ring...

) suggests that El was worshipped in Ammon alongside Milcom

Moloch

Moloch — also rendered as Molech, Molekh, Molok, Molek, Molock, or Moloc — is the name of an ancient Semitic god...

and other deities.