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'''Amal-Marduk''', or '''Evil-Merodach'''<ref>Josephus, ''Histories'', 10.11.2; https://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/josephus/ant-10.htm</ref>, reigned as king of [[Babylon]] 562-560 BC. He was the son and successor of [[Nebuchadnezzar II]]<ref>[[II Kings]] 25:27; [[Book of Jeremiah|Jeremiah]] 52:31, 34</ref> before being murdered by and succeeded by [[Niglissar]].
Evil-Merodach reigned a mere two years (562-560 B.C.) before being murdered by his brother-in-law, who then took the throne (Jer. 39:3, 13). The prophet [[Daniel]] probably influenced Evil-Merodach, who was then kind to the prisoner [[Jehoiachin]], who had held in Babylon for 37 years until Evil-Merodach released him.
In other respects Evil-Merodach was a brutal and lustful king.
[[Category:Babylon]]
[[Category:Biblical Persons]]
Evil-Merodach reigned a mere two years (562-560 B.C.) before being murdered by his brother-in-law, who then took the throne (Jer. 39:3, 13). The prophet [[Daniel]] probably influenced Evil-Merodach, who was then kind to the prisoner [[Jehoiachin]], who had held in Babylon for 37 years until Evil-Merodach released him.
In other respects Evil-Merodach was a brutal and lustful king.
[[Category:Babylon]]
[[Category:Biblical Persons]]