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Aug 12, 2014 · The name Evil-merodach (which of course has nothing to do with the English word evil, and would perhaps be more prudently transliterated as Ewil-merodach) is the Biblical version of Amel-marduk who was briefly king of Babylon in the 560's BC. His name occurs twice in the Bible, but in the same passage.
Amel-Marduk (Babylonian cuneiform: Amēl-Marduk, meaning "man of Marduk"), also known as Awil-Marduk, or under the biblical rendition of his name, Evil-Merodach (Biblical Hebrew: אֱוִיל מְרֹדַךְ , ʾĔwīl Mərōḏaḵ), was the third king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling from 562 BC until his overthrow and murder in 560 BC.
Mar 26, 2021 · The Jewish Encyclopedia has this to say about Evil- Merodach: Son of Nebuchadnezzar, and third ruler of the New Babylonian empire; reigned from 561 to 560 B.C. His name in Babylonian is "Amil-Marduk" or "Avel-Marduk"= "man," or "servant, of Marduk." No personal or historical inscriptions of his reign have been discovered, and there are only two ...
Aug 12, 2014 · The name Marutuk can be perfectly transliterated into Hebrew (מרתוך or מערטך or even מרתק) but they chose to spell it מרדך, and there are a few ways to interpret that: Our name might be meant as a combination of the prefix מ, meaning "place of" or "instrument of" plus an expression of a root רדך (rdk). Unfortunately, this ...
Amel-Marduk (meaning "man of Marduk"), also known as Awil-Marduk, or under the biblical rendition of his name, Evil-Merodach, was the third king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling from 562 BC until his overthrow and murder in 560 BC. He was the successor of Nebuchadnezzar II. Amel-Marduk's killer was name Neriglissar, who succeeded him as king, and reigned four years and was succeeded by his ...
Amēl-Marduk [originally Awīl-Marduk ], man [or servant] of [the god] Marduk; LXX Εὐειαλμαρωδέκ ). Son and successor of Nebuchadnezzar (or Nebuchadrezzar) II, as king of the Neo-Babylonian empire c. 562-560 b.c. According to 2 Kings 25:27-30 and Jeremiah 52:31-34, in the first year of his reign he released Jehoiachin, former ...
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Nov 8, 2023 · My name may be a byword for usurpation and a symbol of human frailty, but it also serves as a cautionary tale of the emptiness that power brings without understanding and wisdom. Solomon, a king of wisdom in Israel, rightly said, "Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom" (Proverbs 9:10).
