Evil-merodach

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Evil-merodach
     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).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Evil-merodach, the fool of Merodach; the fool grinds bitterly