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Marduk-apla-iddina II (Akkadian: D MES.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.
- circa 694 BC
- 722–710, 703–702 BC
Mar 22, 2017 · Marduk-apla-iddina (II), <king> of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, had baked bricks made (for) the bridge over the Nār-Bānītu canal, which from […]. He had (the bridge) built in order to ensure his good health and his life, and he presented (it to her).
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.
Mar 13, 2024 · On the accession of Sargon II to the Assyrian throne (721), the Chaldean Marduk-apla-iddina II (the biblical Merodach-baladan ), ruler of Bit-Yakin (a district of Chaldea), seized the Babylonian throne and, despite Assyrian opposition, held it from 721 to 710. He finally fled, however, and Bit-Yakin was placed under Assyrian control.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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. In ( 2Kgs 20:12-19 and Isa 39:1-8, ( 2Chr 32:31 ), we are told of an embassy sent by Merodach-baladan to King Hezekiah of ...
INSCRIBED BARREL CYLINDER OF MARDUK-APLA-IDDINA II. By C. J. GADD. The 15 object '7 cms. which by 76 bears cms. the (middle). following The inscription cylinder is (Plates made up IX-X) of three measures. separate pieces found at Nimrud on different days (of April, 1952) in chamber 4.
Aug 7, 2014 · 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 Warka. At the end of his article, C. J. Gadd sought to identify the temple mentioned in this inscription with one of the many known, but undefined, temples.
