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Marduk-apla-iddina II ( Akkadian: DMES.A.SUM-na; in the Bible Merodach-Baladan or Berodach-Baladan, lit. Marduk has given me an heir) was a Chaldean leader from the Bit-Yakin tribe, originally established in the territory that once made the Sealand in southern Babylonia. He seized the Babylonian throne in 722 BC from Assyrian control and ...
Mi-roh´dak-bal´uh-duhn. The name used in the Bible for a ruler otherwise known in history as Marduk-apla-iddina II, twice king of Babylonia (721–710 BCE) and leader of the Chaldean tribe Bit-Yakin in southern Babylonia.
Mar 22, 2017 · 3rd Inscription. (giant gods Inanna & Adad with smaller mixed-breed giant descendant-king) For the lady, goddess Inanna, mistress of the lands, his lady: Marduk-apla-iddina (II), (5) king of Babylon, king of Sumer (and) Akkad, king with clean hands, in (his) second kingship (re)constructed Eanna, (10) her beloved temple, for the sake of his life.
Marduk-apla-iddina II was a Chaldean leader from the Bit-Yakin tribe, originally established in the territory that once made the Sealand in southern Babylonia. He seized the Babylonian throne in 722 BC from Assyrian control and reigned from 722 BC to 710 BC, and from 703 BC to 702 BC. His reign is defined by some historians as an illegitimate Third Dynasty of the Sealand, inside of the IXth ...
Wikipedia affirms that Marduk-apla-iddina II is the biblical king Merodach-Baladan, but what are the actual sources about this king? (e.g babylonian chronicles, assyrian annals, etc.) thanks.
Extract. In Iraq XV, Pt. 2 (1953), pp. 123–125, C. J. Gadd published the inscription of a barrel-cylinder which was found, broken in three pieces, during the excavations at Nimrud. This inscription is a foundation document composed by Marduk-apla-iddina II for a shrine which he consecrated to the god Ningiš-zi-da within the E-anna temple at ...
Marduk-apla-iddina II (the biblical Merodach-baladan, also called Marduk-baladan, Baladan and Berodach-baladan. lit. Marduk has given me an Heir.) (reigned 722 BC – 710 BC, 703 BC – 702 BC) was a Chaldean prince who usurped the Babylonian throne in 721 BC. Marduk-apla iddina II was also known as one of the brave kings who maintained Babylonian independence in the face of Assyrian military ...
