King of Babylon. He ascended to the throne after Nebuchadnezzar and was the king who released King Jehoiachin, whom Nebuchadnezzar had captured and brought, from prison.
2 Kings 25:27In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the year he began to reign, graciously freed Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison.
Jeremiah 52:31In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the year he began to reign, graciously freed Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison.