Evil Merodach

Nebuchadnezzar commenced to reign B.C. 610. Jerusalem was destroyed by him 18 years after. Two years afterwards he laid siege to Tyre, which held out against him 13 years, during which period Edom, Moab, Zidon, &c. (see Jer. 25.), were conquered, including Egypt. Twelve months after he was driven forth to herd for seven years with beasts. (Dan. 4:29–33). On the return of reason he reigned three years. Total reign, 43 years. It is recorded that when his son, Evil Merodach, came to the hrone, he promoted Jehoiachin from among the captive kings. Jerome mentions a Jewish tradition that would account for this. Evil Merodach, during his father’s insanity, had administered the affairs of the Empire in so faulty a manner that after the restoration of Nebuchadnezzar to reason he was cast into the same prison in which Jehoiachin was confined and contracted a lasting friendship, (2 Kings 25:27–30). It is a remarkable fact that seven times of years calculated from the year that Nebuchadnezzar was driven forth among the beasts end in A.D. 1943—the year when the 1335 years of Dan. 12:12 expire, according to the interpretation that commences that period with the setting up of the Roman abomination.

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