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Evil-Merodach
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Evil-merodach (ç'vil-me-rô'dak), Merodach's fool. But perhaps some name of Persian or Assyrian origin underlies this. The son and successor of Nebuchadnezzar. He reigned two years, 561-559 b.c., and was murdered by Nergal-sharezer or Neriglissar, who had married his sister, and who seized his crown. He treated Jehoiachin with kindness: and possibly his mildness of rule may have given opportunity to the treason which cut him off. 2 Kings 25:27-30; Jeremiah 52:31-34. But some authorities report him to have been luxurious and intemperate.
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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Evil-Merodach'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/rpd/e/evil-merodach.html. 1893.
Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Evil-Merodach'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/rpd/e/evil-merodach.html. 1893.
