Amel-Marduk

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Babylonian king human monarch

Amel-Marduk was a 6th-century BCE king of Babylon, known from biblical and cuneiform sources as the successor of Nebuchadnezzar II and for releasing the Judean king Jehoiachin from prison.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Amel-Marduk canonical 14
Evil-merodach 3
Amel-Marduk, king of Babylon 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Babylonian king ⓘ
human ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Amel-Marduk ⓘ
surface form: Amil-Marduk

Amel-Marduk ⓘ
surface form: Awil-Marduk

Amel-Marduk ⓘ
surface form: Evil-merodach
associatedDeity Marduk ⓘ
associatedWith Judean exiles in Babylon ⓘ
biblicalName Amel-Marduk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Evil-merodach
capital Babylon ⓘ
chronologicalPosition second king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire after Nabopolassar and Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ
country Babylon ⓘ
culture Babylonians ⓘ
surface form: Babylonian
deathCause assassination ⓘ
deathPlace Babylon ⓘ
dynasty Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Neo-Babylonian dynasty
era Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Neo-Babylonian period
father Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ
governmentForm absolute monarchy ⓘ
historicalAttestation biblical texts ⓘ
economic tablets ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
historicalReputation brief and turbulent reign ⓘ
killedBy Neriglissar ⓘ
knownFor releasing Jehoiachin from prison ⓘ
mentionedIn Book of Jeremiah ⓘ
Books of Kings ⓘ
surface form: Book of Kings

Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

cuneiform inscriptions ⓘ
nativeLanguage Akkadian ⓘ
notableAct elevating Jehoiachin to a place of honor at the Babylonian court ⓘ
parentOf possible daughters ⓘ
politicalContext rule following long reign of Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ
predecessor Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ
regionRuled Mesopotamia ⓘ
regnalNameLanguage Akkadian ⓘ
regnalNameMeaning man of Marduk ⓘ
reignEnd 560 BCE ⓘ
reignStart 562 BCE ⓘ
religion Babylonian religion ⓘ
royalHouse House of Nebuchadnezzar ⓘ
spouse Kashshaya ⓘ
successionType hereditary succession ⓘ
successor Neriglissar ⓘ
timePeriod 6th century BCE ⓘ
title King of Babylon ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Neo-Babylonian Empire → ruler → Amel-Marduk ⓘ
Nebuchadnezzar II → successor → Amel-Marduk ⓘ
King Jehoiachin of Judah → releasedBy → Amel-Marduk ⓘ
subject surface form: Jehoiachin
King Jehoiachin of Judah → alsoKnownAs → Amel-Marduk ⓘ
subject surface form: Amel-Marduk
this entity surface form: Evil-merodach
Amel-Marduk → alsoKnownAs → Amel-Marduk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Evil-merodach
Amel-Marduk → alsoKnownAs → Amel-Marduk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Awil-Marduk
Amel-Marduk → alsoKnownAs → Amel-Marduk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amil-Marduk
Amel-Marduk → biblicalName → Amel-Marduk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Evil-merodach
Neriglissar → predecessor → Amel-Marduk ⓘ
Neriglissar → overthrew → Amel-Marduk ⓘ
Neriglissar → relatedTo → Amel-Marduk ⓘ
House of Nebuchadnezzar → notableMember → Amel-Marduk ⓘ
Kashshaya → spouse → Amel-Marduk ⓘ
Kashshaya → spouse → Amel-Marduk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amel-Marduk, king of Babylon
Nergal-šarra-uṣur → predecessor → Amel-Marduk ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian kings → notableRuler → Amel-Marduk ⓘ
King of Babylon → predecessor → Amel-Marduk ⓘ
subject surface form: Neriglissar
King of Babylon → overthrew → Amel-Marduk ⓘ
subject surface form: Neriglissar
King of Babylon → relativeByMarriage → Amel-Marduk ⓘ
subject surface form: Neriglissar
King of Babylon → positionHeldBy → Amel-Marduk ⓘ