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Marduk-apla-iddina II
Marduk-apla-iddina II as depicted on a kudurru from Babylon
King of Babylon
1st reign722–710 BC
PredecessorShalmaneser V
SuccessorSargon II
2nd reign703 BC
PredecessorMarduk-zakir-shumi II
SuccessorBel-ibni
Died694 BC
Elam
IssueNabu-zer-kitti-lishir
Naʾid-Marduk
HouseBit-Yakin
Dynasty'Dynasty of the Sealand'
FatherA son of Eriba-Marduk

Marduk-apla-iddina II (Babylonian cuneiform: Marduk-apla-iddina, meaning XXX), also known as Merodach-Baladan or just Baladan, was a Chaldean chief of the Bit-Yakin tribe who twice seized the throne of Babylon, ruling as king of Babylon in opposition to the rule of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 722 to 710 BC, and in 703 BC.

http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/pager