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Ammonite king who instigated Ishmael son of Nethaniah's assassination of Gedaliah.
Co-regent of Babylon under his father Nabonidus; killed the night Babylon fell to Cyrus's general (539 BC) after the writing on the wall.
Took the kingdom at age 62 after Belshazzar's fall; cast Daniel into the lions' den. Identification debated (perhaps a regnal title for Cyrus, or for Gubaru/Gobryas, or for Cyaxares II). Distinct from Darius the Great.
Awel-Marduk · Amel-Marduk
Son of Nebuchadnezzar II and king of Babylon (562-560 BC). In the thirty-seventh year of Jehoiachin's exile he released him from prison and gave him a place at the royal table.
King of Babylon 605–562 BC; conquered Jerusalem in three campaigns (605, 597, 586 BC). Three deportations of Judah; destroyed the first temple. His dreams and seven-year madness recorded in Daniel 2-4. Died after his great Babylonian building works.
Apries
Pharaoh of Egypt during the final years of Judah; Jeremiah prophesied his death by his enemies. Briefly broke the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem before withdrawing.
Curation status: Primeval (Genesis 1–11), patriarchs (Genesis 12–50), Exodus/Numbers, Joshua/Judges/Ruth, the united and divided monarchies (Saul, David, all kings of Judah and Israel), the writing prophets, post-exilic figures (Zerubbabel, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther), the Holy Family, John the Baptist, the Twelve, and the early apostolic generation are all in. 2,781figures curated so far. The remaining named biblical figures (priestly genealogies in 1 Chronicles, the post-exile lists in Ezra/Nehemiah, the obscure persons in Acts and the epistles) are pending. Every claim is rigorously sourced; gaps mean “not yet curated”, not “not in scripture”.