King of Babylon in the days of Hezekiah (2 Kgs. 20: 12, where he is called Berodach-baladan - Isa. 39: 1; cf. 2 Chr. 32: 31). He made an alliance with Hezekiah against Sargon, king of Assyria, who, after reducing Judah, Edom, and Moab to submission, deposed Merodach-baladan.