merodachbaladan

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merodachbaladan - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Merodach-baladan
  Merodach has given a son, (Isa. 39:1), "the hereditary chief of
  the Chaldeans, a small tribe at that time settled in the marshes
  at the mouth of the Euphrates, but in consequence of his
  conquest of Babylon afterwards, they became the dominant caste
  in Babylonia itself." One bearing this name sent ambassadors to
  Hezekiah (B.C. 721). He is also called Berodach-baladan (2 Kings
  20:12; 2 Chr. 20:31). (See HEZEKIAH.)