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Merodach

Merodach [Heb. merodak]. Name of a god.

Merodach is the Hebrew name of Marduk, the chief deity of the Babylonian pantheon during the Hammurabi dynasty in the 18th century BC and through the end of the Babylonian Empire in the sixth century BC.

In his prophecy against the Chaldeans, Jeremiah foretold the fall of Babylon and the destruction of Merodach, the guardian divinity of the city (Jer 50:2). Merodach is also called Bel (Jer 50:2; cf. Isa 46:1; Jer 51:44).

The word also appears in the name Merodach-Baladan, son of Baladan and king of Babylon in the eight-century B.C. (2 Kgs 20:12; Isa 39:1).

C. Adelina Alexe

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Footnote:

C. Adelina Alexe, “Merodach,“ Seventh-day Adventist International Biblical-Theological Dictionary (2026-), ed. Daniel K. Bediako and Keldie Paroschi, https://dictionary.adventist.org/merodach, accessed October 28, 2026

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