Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
E'VIL-MERO'DACH, son and successor of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. 2 Kgs 25:27. Soon after his accession to the throne he released Jehoiachin, king of Judah, from prison, and treated him with great regard through life. Jer 52:31-34. c. 561, but in b. c. 559 he fell a victim to a conspiracy formed among his own kindred, headed by his brother-in-law, Neriglissar — probably the Nergal-sharezer of Jer 39:3, 2 Kgs 11:13 — who succeeded him.
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