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'''Amal-Marduk''', '''Awil-Marduk'''<ref>Albertz, 2018, p.93</ref>, '''Evil-Marduk''', '''Evil-Merodach''' ([[Hebrew]]: אֱוִיל מְרֹדַךְ, ''ʾÉwīl Mərōḏaḵ'')<ref>Josephus, ''Histories'', 10.11.2;<br />https://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/josephus/ant-10.htm</ref> or '''Evilmerodachus''' ([[Greek]]: Ενειλμαραδουχος)<ref>[[Berossus the Chaldean]], ''Babylonika'', from Alexander Polyhistor, of the Chaldean Kings after Nebuchadnezzar<br />from I.P. Cory ''The Ancient Fragments'', 1873</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 and succeeded by [[Neriglissar]]. | '''Amal-Marduk''', '''Awil-Marduk'''<ref>Albertz, 2018, p.93</ref>, '''Evil-Marduk''', '''Evil-Merodach''' ([[Hebrew]]: אֱוִיל מְרֹדַךְ, ''ʾÉwīl Mərōḏaḵ'')<ref>Josephus, ''Histories'', 10.11.2;<br />https://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/josephus/ant-10.htm</ref> or '''Evilmerodachus''' ([[Greek]]: Ενειλμαραδουχος)<ref>[[Berossus the Chaldean]], ''Babylonika'', from Alexander Polyhistor, of the Chaldean Kings after Nebuchadnezzar<br />from I.P. Cory ''The Ancient Fragments'', 1873</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 and succeeded by [[Neriglissar]]. | ||
| − | Evil-Merodach reigned a mere two years (562-560 B.C.) before being murdered by his brother-in-law, who then took the throne | + | Evil-Merodach reigned a mere two years<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> (562-560 B.C.) before being murdered by his brother-in-law<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>, who then took the throne. |
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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. | ||
In other respects Evil-Merodach was a brutal and lustful king. | In other respects Evil-Merodach was a brutal and lustful king. | ||
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Yet when transliterating the [[Greek]] (Ενειλμαραδουχος) ''Enil Mardadoukos'', the form visually triggers the somewhat [[Greek]] dabbling [[English]] reader to see the 'Ενειλ' prefix as 'evil' which is then added to the obvious word μαραδουχος for [[Marduk]]: hence the conjunction '''Evil-Marduk''' or '''Evil-Merodach'''. When the [[English]] reader returns to the [[Hebrew]] [[transliteration]] of ''ʾÉwīl Mərōḏaḵ'', the problem is compounded. | Yet when transliterating the [[Greek]] (Ενειλμαραδουχος) ''Enil Mardadoukos'', the form visually triggers the somewhat [[Greek]] dabbling [[English]] reader to see the 'Ενειλ' prefix as 'evil' which is then added to the obvious word μαραδουχος for [[Marduk]]: hence the conjunction '''Evil-Marduk''' or '''Evil-Merodach'''. When the [[English]] reader returns to the [[Hebrew]] [[transliteration]] of ''ʾÉwīl Mərōḏaḵ'', the problem is compounded. | ||
| − | When the general nature of his reign and life is considered, the English obviously flawed transliteration becomes a deliberate [[reduplication]] into the [[satire|saterical]] form of 'Evil' and 'Marduk' to commonly write '''Evil-Merodach''' or '''Evil-Marduk'''. | + | When the general nature of his reign and life is considered in-the-which "he 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>, the English obviously flawed transliteration becomes a deliberate [[reduplication]] into the [[satire|saterical]] form of 'Evil' and 'Marduk' to commonly write '''Evil-Merodach''' or '''Evil-Marduk'''. |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 18:45, April 7, 2023
Amal-Marduk, Awil-Marduk[1], Evil-Marduk, Evil-Merodach (Hebrew: אֱוִיל מְרֹדַךְ, ʾÉwīl Mərōḏaḵ)[2] or Evilmerodachus (Greek: Ενειλμαραδουχος)[3] reigned as king of Babylon 562-560 BC. He was the son and successor of Nebuchadnezzar II[4] before being murdered and succeeded by Neriglissar.
Evil-Merodach reigned a mere two years[5] (562-560 B.C.) before being murdered by his brother-in-law[6], who then took the throne.
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.
Etymology
First we must note that the name literally translates as a "man of Marduk"[7], or "Marduk's man".
But when we transliterate from Hebrew (אֱוִיל מְרֹדַךְ) into English, it could be written phonetically as: ʾÉwīl Mərōḏaḵ.
Yet when transliterating the Greek (Ενειλμαραδουχος) Enil Mardadoukos, the form visually triggers the somewhat Greek dabbling English reader to see the 'Ενειλ' prefix as 'evil' which is then added to the obvious word μαραδουχος for Marduk: hence the conjunction Evil-Marduk or Evil-Merodach. When the English reader returns to the Hebrew transliteration of ʾÉwīl Mərōḏaḵ, the problem is compounded.
When the general nature of his reign and life is considered in-the-which "he governed public affairs in an illegal and improper manner"[8], the English obviously flawed transliteration becomes a deliberate reduplication into the saterical form of 'Evil' and 'Marduk' to commonly write Evil-Merodach or Evil-Marduk.
References
- ↑ Albertz, 2018, p.93
- ↑ Josephus, Histories, 10.11.2;
https://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/josephus/ant-10.htm - ↑ Berossus the Chaldean, Babylonika, from Alexander Polyhistor, of the Chaldean Kings after Nebuchadnezzar
from I.P. Cory The Ancient Fragments, 1873 - ↑ II Kings 25:27; Jeremiah 52:31, 34
- ↑ Berossus the Chaldean, Babylonika, from Alexander Polyhistor, of Chaldean kings after Nebuchadnezzar
from I.P. Cory The Ancient Fragments', 1873, London, UK - ↑ Berossus the Chaldean, Babylonika, from Alexander Polyhistor, of Chaldean kings after Nebuchadnezzar
from I.P. Cory The Ancient Fragments', 1873, London, UK - ↑ Weiershäuser, Novotny, 2020, p.1
- ↑ Berossus the Chaldean, Babylonika, from Alexander Polyhistor, of Chaldean kings after Nebuchadnezzar
from I.P. Cory The Ancient Fragments', 1873, London, UK