MERODACH, was an ancient King of Babylon, who was placed among the Gods, and worshipped by the Babylonians. Jeremiah, speaking of the Ruine of Babylon says, Babylon is taken, Bel, is confounded, Merodach is broken in Pieces, her Idols are confounded, her Images are broken in Pieces. We find certain Kings of Babylon, in whose Names that of Merodach is contained. For Example, Evilmerodach, and Merodach-baladan. Evilmerodach was the Son of Nebuchadnezzar the Great, and had for his Successor the wicked Belshazzar. Merodach-Baladan, Son of Baladan King of Babylon, having heard that Hezekiah had been cured miraculously, and that the Sun had gone backwards to give him an Assurance of his Recovery, sent him Presents, and made him Compliments upon the Recovery of his Health. Ptolemy calls him Mardocempadus, and says that he began to reign at Babylon twenty six Years after the Beginning of the Æra of Nabonassar, that is, in the Year of the World 3283, before Christ 717, and before the Vulgar Æra 721.
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Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Merodach,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/m/merodach/.