Marduk-apla-iddina II
Marduk-apla-iddina II Merodach-Baladan | |
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enfeoffs (makes a legal agreement with) a vassal. From the original in the Altes Museum, Berlin | |
Reign | 722–710, 703–702 BC |
Predecessor | Shalmaneser V (722), Marduk-zakir-shumi II, (703) |
Successor | Sargon II (710), Bel-ibni (702) |
Died | circa 694 BC |
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 reigned from 722 BC to 710 BC, and from 703 BC to 702 BC.[1] His reign is defined by some historians as an illegitimate Third Dynasty of the Sealand, inside of the IXth Dynasty of Babylon, or Assyrian Dynasty.[2]
He was known as one of the kings who maintained Babylonian independence in the face of Assyrian military supremacy for more than a decade.
A cylinder of Marduk-apla-iddina II from Uruk describes his rebuilding of the temple of Ningishzida built by the Ur III ruler Shulgi alongside the ziggurat of E-Anna. The cylinder also claims his victory at the Battle of Der in 720 BC, as did Assyrian king Sargon II and also Elamite king Humban-nikash I.[4][5]
In the Bible
He is mentioned as king of Babylon in the days of
See also
- Kings of Babylon
- List of biblical figures identified in extra-biblical sources
References
- ^ American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise, Merodach-Baladan, Jewish Virtual Library, acceded 12 May 2018
- ISBN 978-1-5015-0782-3, retrieved 2020-10-12
- ^ Jean-Jacques Glassner, Mesopotamiam Chronicles, Atlanta, 2004, p. 197.
- ^ Gadd, C. J. "Inscribed Barrel Cylinder of Marduk-Apla-Iddina II." Iraq, vol. 15, no. 2, 1953, pp. 123–134
- ^ Lenzen, H. "The Ningišzida Temple Built by Marduk-Apla-Iddina II at Uruk (Warka)." Iraq, vol. 19, no. 2, 1957, pp. 146–150
- ^ 2 Kings 20:12–19; Isaiah 39:1–8
Bibliography
- Erich Ebeling (ed.), Bruno Meissner (ed.), Ernst Weidner (ed.), Dietz Otto Edzard (ed.): Reallexikon der Assyriologie und vorderasiatischen Archäologie – Band 7 . Walter de Gruyter 1990, )