Bible Person
Meaning: the fool of Merodach; the fool grinds bitterly · Male · 2 cross references
Evil-merodach is the Babylonian king who succeeds Nebuchadnezzar and later releases Jehoiachin from long imprisonment. He belongs to the imperial setting in which Judah's exile continues yet begins to show small signs of mercy. First appears in 2 Kgs 25:27.1
AI summary: Evil-merodach matters because the cross references place him at the final note of Kings and at the close of Jeremiah's historical narrative, where Jehoiachin is unexpectedly lifted up. His act does not end the exile, but it introduces a fragile sign that the Davidic line is not forgotten. Taken together, the material presents Evil-merodach as a foreign king whose kindness becomes a small but significant turn toward hope at the end of Judah's catastrophe.1
Central Figure
Evil-merodach
Meaning: the fool of Merodach; the fool grinds bitterly
Merodach’s man, the son and successor of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon (2 Kings 25:27; Jer.
Merodach’s man, the son and successor of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon (2 Kings 25:27; Jer. 52:31, 34). He seems to have reigned but two years (B.C. 562-560). Influenced probably by Daniel, he showed kindness to Jehoiachin, who had been a prisoner in Babylon for thirty-seven years. He released him, and “spoke kindly to him.” He was murdered by Nergal-sharezer=Neriglissar, his brother-in-law, who succeeded him (Jer. 39:3, 13). 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.