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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.

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.

In other respects Evil-Merodach was a brutal and lustful king who "governed public affairs in an illegal and improper manner"<ref>[[Berossus the Chaldean]], ''Babylonika'', from Alexander Polyhistor, of Chaldean kings after Nebuchadnezzar<br />from I.P. Cory ''The Ancient Fragments', 1873, London, UK</ref>.

==Etymology==

==Etymology==