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Merodach

Merodach


The Babylonian god Marduk, (Heb. Merodach) wears a royal crown and holds the rod and ring, symbols of authority. He is here depicted on his symbol, a composite creature, (musrussu) whose body was a serpent. Drawn from a carved cylinder found at Babylon.

MERODACH-BALADAN. Known from cuneiform texts as the name of Marduk-apla-iddina II, the king of Babylon who sent an embassy to Hezekiah (Is. 39:1). The Heb. writing reflects the consonants of the name according to the methods of transcription used in the 8th and 7th centuries BC (mrdkbldn; 2 Ki. 20:12, Berodach-baladan, has a phonetic variant), the vowels being added by later tradition. His father, not named in cuneiform sources, could have been called Bēl-iddin, giving the same consonants as Baladan (bldn) when transcribed into Hebrew (Is. 39:1). See TynB 22, 1971, pp. 125–126.


Wiseman, D. J. “Merodach-Baladan.” Ed. D. R. W. Wood et al. New Bible dictionary 1996 : 751–752. Print.
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