וַיְהִי֩ בִשְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים וָשֶׁ֜בַע שָׁנָ֗ה לְגָלוּת֙ יְהוֹיָכִ֣ין מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֔ה בִּשְׁנֵ֤ים עָשָׂר֙ חֹ֔דֶשׁ בְּעֶשְׂרִ֥ים וְשִׁבְעָ֖ה לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ נָשָׂ֡א אֱוִ֣יל מְרֹדַךְ֩ מֶ֨לֶךְ בָּבֶ֜ל בִּשְׁנַ֣ת מָלְכ֗וֹ אֶת־רֹ֛אשׁ יְהוֹיָכִ֥ין מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֖ה מִבֵּ֥ית כֶּֽלֶא׃
Y aconteció á los treinta y siete años de la trasportación de Joachîn rey de Judá, en el mes duodécimo, á los veinte y siete del mes, que Evil-merodach rey de Babilonia, en el primer año de su reinado, levantó la cabeza de Joachîn rey de Judá, sacándolo de la casa de la cárcel;
Ramban
NOW THE PRIEST OF MIDIAN HAD SEVEN DAUGHTERS. Scripture does not mention him by name for he is not known [to the reader], but rather epithetically mentions that he was the honored one in his priesthood. This was Jethro, for after he became related to Moses it is written, And Moses went and returned to Jether his father-in-law,93Further, 4:18. and there it is written, And Jethro said to Moses: Go in peace.93Further, 4:18. [This proves that Jether and Jethro are the same person], just as Eliyah and Eliyahu,94Eliyah (II Kings 1:3), Eliyahu (I Kings 17:1). Yirmiyah and Yirmiyahu.95Yirmiyah (Jeremiah 27:1), Yirmiyahu (ibid., 1:1). After he became a proselyte to Judaism, he was called Hobab, as it is written, from the children of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses,96Judges 4:11. for it is the way of all who become converts to Judaism that they be called another name in Israel. And he [Jethro or Hobab] was the son of Reuel, for it is written, And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite.97Numbers 10:29. The verse here stating, And they came to Reuel their father,98Verse 18. means “their father’s father,” just as [Jacob had said], O G-d of my father Abraham,99Genesis 32:10. [and Abraham was his father’s father], and [when speaking of Belshazzar, king of Babylon, Scripture says], Nebuchadnezzar his father,100Daniel 5:2. [while he was his father’s father].101Evil-merodach, king of Babylon, ruled after Nebuchadnezzar (see II Kings 25:27), and he was followed by Belshazzar (see Megillah 11a). Nebuchadnezzar was thus Belshazzar’s grandfather, and yet Scripture (Daniel 5:2) speaks of him as his father. Similarly: Know ye Laban the son of Nahor?102Genesis 29:5. But Laban was really the son of Bethuel, for he was the brother of Rebekah (ibid., 24:29), and of Rebekah it is written that her father was Bethuel (ibid., Verse 15). Bethuel’s father was Nahor (ibid., 22:20-22). Yet Jacob asked, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? It is because a grandfather is called “father.” And Mephibosheth the son of Saul.103II Samuel 19:25. Mephibosheth was the son of Jonathan (ibid., 4:4), who was the son of Saul. There are many other such verses.
[Jethro’s daughters came and told Reuel their grandfather of how Moses came to their aid — as is related in Verses 18-19 — and did not tell Jethro] because the priest was not found in the house since he was preoccupied with the ministry in his temple, and so they came to the grandfather. It is possible that the verse, And Moses was content to dwell with the man,104Verse 21. refers to the priest mentioned above [in Verse 16 — namely, Jethro]105The intent of Ramban’s words is as follows: According to the above-mentioned interpretation that Jethro was not to be found in his home and that consequently his daughters told Reuel, his father, what had happened (as stated in Verses 18-20), it should follow that the expression, And Moses was content to dwell with ‘the man’ (Verse 21) refers to Reuel, and it was Reuel who gave Moses Zipporah his granddaughter as a wife. But, continues Ramban, it is possible that “the man” in Verse 21 refers back to “the priest” in Verse 16, and so it was Jethro who gave Moses his daughter in marriage. — for it was he who gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
[Jethro’s daughters came and told Reuel their grandfather of how Moses came to their aid — as is related in Verses 18-19 — and did not tell Jethro] because the priest was not found in the house since he was preoccupied with the ministry in his temple, and so they came to the grandfather. It is possible that the verse, And Moses was content to dwell with the man,104Verse 21. refers to the priest mentioned above [in Verse 16 — namely, Jethro]105The intent of Ramban’s words is as follows: According to the above-mentioned interpretation that Jethro was not to be found in his home and that consequently his daughters told Reuel, his father, what had happened (as stated in Verses 18-20), it should follow that the expression, And Moses was content to dwell with ‘the man’ (Verse 21) refers to Reuel, and it was Reuel who gave Moses Zipporah his granddaughter as a wife. But, continues Ramban, it is possible that “the man” in Verse 21 refers back to “the priest” in Verse 16, and so it was Jethro who gave Moses his daughter in marriage. — for it was he who gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
Ibn Ezra
[Daniel 2:39] Uvatrekh (וּבָתְרָךְ - And after you): And after you an inferior kingdom will arise. [The word for inferior is] araʿ (אֲרַע), like the Targum’s rendering [of the concept as] ‘lower’ (tachtayim - תַּחְתַּיִים). And because of it [this sense of lowness inherent in the root], the earth is called arʿa (אַרְעָא) [in Aramaic], for it is beneath everything. The Gaon Rav Saadia—and all the commentators relied upon him—said: That the gold is the kingdom of Babylon: Nebuchadnezzar, his son Evil-merodach, and Belshazzar his grandson. With him [Belshazzar], the kingdom of the Chaldeans ceased. And so it is written concerning him: “That very night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was slain (b'he b'leilya q'til Belshe'tztzar malka). And Darius the Mede received the kingdom (v'Daryavesh Mada'ah qabbel malkhuta)” [Daniel 5:30-6:1]. And this view is correct, for Scripture says: “And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son” [Jeremiah 27:7]. And it is also written: “and they were servants to him and to his sons” [II Chronicles 36:20] – [the referenced ‘sons’ being] Evil-merodach and Belshazzar his son [i.e., grandson]. For a grandson is [sometimes] called a son, like “to Reuel their father” [Exodus 2:18], for he [Reuel] is Hobab, Moses' father-in-law [cf. Numbers 10:29; Judges 4:11 identify Hobab as father-in-law, traditionally equated with Reuel/Jethro]. And it is written: “And it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin... Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin...” [II Kings 25:27 / Jeremiah 52:31]. And behold, he [Evil-merodach] is between the reign of Nebuchadnezzar and the reign of Belshazzar.