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subjects. The expression could also be translated as "the most excellent king." Elsewhere in the Bible this title is strictly reserved for God. Unless otherwise indicated, all biblical quotations are taken from the New International Version. 'Amel-Marduk, who is also known as Evil-Merodach from 2 Kgs 25:27-30, was king Nebuchadnezzar's son.
Amel-Marduk (d. 560 BC), called Evil-merodach in the Hebrew Bible, was the son and successor of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon. He reigned only two years (562 - 560 BC). According to the Biblical Book of Kings, he pardoned and released Jehoiachin, king of Judah, who had been a prisoner in Babylon for thirty-seven years. (2 Kings 25:27) Allegedly because Amel-Marduk tried to modify his father ...
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 ...
Aug 10, 2020 · Before Ulûlu 566: released; he accepts a new name, Amel-Marduk ("Man of Marduk") 562: Becomes king after the death of his father; Releases Jehoiachin (2 Kings 25.27-30; more...) 560: Overthrown by his brother-in-law Neriglissar; killed; Succeeded by: Neriglissar. Literature. Irving Finkel, "The Lament of Nabû-šuma-ukîn" in J. Renger (ed ...
Aug 16, 2015 · Nebuchadnezzar II was succeeded by his son Amel-Marduk upon his death in 562 BC, though little of Amel-Marduk's reign remains. It is not until the succession of Nabonius in 555 BCE that Nebuchadnezzar's great empire had a steady leader again, who himself was succeeded by the Persian leader Cyrus the Great in 539 BC.
The Bible states that Amel-Marduk freed Jeconiah, king of Judah, after 37 years of imprisonment in Babylon, the only concrete political act attributed to Amel-Marduk in any extant source. Though such acts of clemency are known from accession ceremonies, and in this case may have been connected to the celebration of the Babylonian New Year's ...
The Essay on King Nebuchadnezzar Ii. Nebuchadnezzar II was a Babylonian king around 605 B.C. and was the second king in the Chaldean dynasty. He was born in 635 B.C. and died in the October of 562 B.C. He became King in 605 B.C. 3 weeks after his father’s death. He was 30 years old when he became king and reigned for 44 years.
