Chaldean prince Marduk-apla-iddina II (the biblical Merodach-Baladan,…

705 BCE to 694 BCE

Chaldean prince Marduk-apla-iddina II (the biblical Merodach-Baladan, also called Marduk-Baladan, Baladan and Berodach-Baladan, lit.

“Marduk has given me an Heir”), who had usurped the throne of Babylon in 721 and been ousted by Sargon in 710, returns from exile in Elam and ignites rebellion in Babylonia.

He is able to enter Babylon and be declared king again.

Nine months later, he is defeated near Kish by the Assyrians, but manages to flee to Elam.

He dies in exile a couple of years later.

Assyria’s war against Merodach-Baladan’s Elamite ally continues.

Babylon revolts again in 699.

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