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Evil-Merodach (אֱוִיל מְרֹדַךְ, ewil merodakh). King of Babylon (reigned 562–560 bc) who freed Jehoiachin, King of Judah, from prison (2 Kgs 25:27–30; Jer 52:31–34).
Evil-merodach was the son and successor of Nebuchadnezzar II. The Babylonian form of his name is Amel-Marduk, meaning “man of Marduk.” He took Jehoiachin from his prison in Babylon, where he had been confined for 37 years. The first dated administrative tablet from Evil-merodach’s reign was written on the 26th of Elul; Jer 52:31 says that Jehoiachin was freed from prison on the 25th of the same month.
His brother-in-law, Nergal-sharezer (Neriglissar), assassinated him and then became king.
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