EVIL-MERODACH ē vəl mĕr’ ə dăk (אֱוִ֣יל מְרֹדַכְ׃֩; Akkad. Amēl-Marduk [originally Awīl-Marduk], man [or servant] of [the god] Marduk; LXX Εὐειαλμαρωδέκ). Son and successor of Nebuchadnezzar (or Nebuchadrezzar) II, as king of the Neo-Babylonian empire c. 562-560 b.c.

According to 2 Kings 25:27-30 and Jeremiah 52:31-34, in the first year of his reign he released Jehoiachin, former king of Judah, from prison, even honoring him above all the other vassal kings in Babylon. It is noteworthy that administrative documents found at Babylon and containing lists of ration issues (oil), refer to a Yakukinu of Yakudu (Jehoiachin of Judah); for the text, cf. ANET (1955), p. 308. According to Berossus and the canon of Ptolemy, Evil-Merodach was assassinated by his brother-in-law, Nerglissar (prob. the Nergalsharezer who appears as a Babylonian officer, Jer 39:3, 13), who then took the throne.