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Evil-merodach was the son and successor of king [[Nebuchadnezzar]]. He was murdered by his brother-in-law, [[ | Evil-merodach was the son and successor of king [[Nebuchadnezzar]]. He was murdered by his brother-in-law, [[Neriglissar]], who succeeded him. | ||
====Evil-merodach and the Jews==== | ====Evil-merodach and the Jews==== | ||
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Evil-merodach (Amel-Marduk) was King of Babylon, from 562 to his assassination in 560 BCE.
Biography
Evil-merodach was the son and successor of king Nebuchadnezzar. He was murdered by his brother-in-law, Neriglissar, who succeeded him.
Evil-merodach and the Jews
Evil-merodach released the Davidic king Jehoiachin of Judah from prison, and let him join the other hostage kings at the court of Babylon.
Evil-merodach in ancient sources
Second Book of Kings
2 Kings 25:27-30 (NRSV) -- [27] In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, King Evil-merodach of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison; [28] he spoke kindly to him, and gave him a seat above the other seats of the kings who were with him in Babylon. [29] So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes. Every day of his life he dined regularly in the king’s presence. [30] For his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, a portion every day, as long as he lived.
Jeremiah
Jer 52:31-35 (NRSV) -- [31] In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, King Evil-merodach of Babylon, in the year he began to reign, showed favour to King Jehoiachin of Judah and brought him out of prison; [32] he spoke kindly to him, and gave him a seat above the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. [33] So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes, and every day of his life he dined regularly at the king’s table. [34] For his allowance, a regular daily allowance was given him by the king of Babylon, as long as he lived, up to the day of his death.
Evil-merodach in Scholarship
Evil-merodach in Fiction
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Pages in category "Evil-merodach (subject)"
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