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New International Reader's Version. 27 Awel-Marduk set Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, free from prison. It was in the 37th year after Jehoiachin had been taken away to Babylon. It was also the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon. It was on the 27th day of the 12th month. 28 Awel-Marduk spoke kindly to Jehoiachin.
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Father: NebuchadnezzarMother: Amytis (?)Sister: Kasšaya (married to Neriglissar)Original name: Nabû-šuma-ukînFalls victim to a court conspiracy; is sent to jail, where he meets former king Jehoiachin of JudahBefore Ulûlu566: released; he accepts a new name, Amel-Marduk ("Man of Marduk")562: Becomes king after the death of his fatherIrving Finkel, "The Lament of Nabû-šuma-ukîn" in J. Renger (ed.), Babylon. Focus mesopotamischer Geschichte, Wiege früher Gelehrtsamkeit, Mythos in der Moderne(1999 Saaerbrücken) 323-341
Mar 12, 2024 · In the Babylonian creation story, the Enuma Elish, Marduk emerged victorious over the forces of chaos and destruction. This epic tale was written on seven tablets and tells the story of how the world was created from the victory of order over chaos. In the Bible, Marduk is not mentioned by name.
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, pious prince, the favorite of the god Marduk, exalted ruler who is the beloved of the god Nabû, the one who deliberates (and) acquires wisdom, the one who constantly seeks out the ways of their divinity (and) reveres their dominion, the indefatigable governor who is mindful of provisioning Esagil and Ezida ...
Mar 9, 2023 · Andy McIlvain. Mar 9, 2023. 5 min read. Icons of the Bible: Amel-Marduk (Evil Merodach) of Babylon. Updated: Sep 3, 2023. Icons of the Bible: Amel-Marduk (Evil Merodach) of Babylon. The story of Amel-Marduk (Evil Merodach) was bound up in the lives of the Jewish people of that time, especially King Jehoiachin. Icons of the Bible.
his death, Amel-Marduk,7 his son became king. He is known to readers of the Bible by the generous treatment which he accorded to Jehoiakin, the captive king of Judah (2 Kgs. 25-ê27ïï.). After a short reign of two years (562-560), characterized by Berossus8 as lawless and wanton, Amel-Marduk was put to death at the instigation or with the ...
Neriglissar, king of Babylon, the one who renovates Esagil and Ezida, the one who performs good deeds, about the exercise of whose everlasting kingship the great gods made a decision, whose fate the god Marduk — the foremost of the gods, the one who determines fates — determined to exercise authority over the lands, whose hands the god ...
