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

lit.

Marduk has given me an Heir: reigned 722 BCE – 710 BCE, 703 BCE – 702 BCE) is a Chaldean prince who usurps the Babylonian throne in 721 BCE.

Marduk-apla iddina II is also known as one of the kings who maintains Babylonian independence in the face of Assyrian military supremacy for more than a decade.