Marduk-zakir-shumi II

Babylonian nobleman

Marduk-zâkir-šumi II was a Babylonian nobleman who served briefly as King of Babylon for a few months in 703 BC, following a revolt against the rule of the Assyrian king Sennacherib. He was soon overthrown and replaced by the former Chaldean king, Marduk-apla-iddina II.^[1] He was the son of Arad-Ea (or Arad-Enlil).^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Beaulieu, Paul-Alain (2018-02-05). A History of Babylon, 2200 BC - AD 75. John Wiley & Sons. p. 195. ISBN 978-1-4051-8899-9.

Preceded by

Sennacherib

King of Babylon
703 BC

Succeeded by

Marduk-apla-iddina II

Kings of Babylon

List of kings of Babylon
Royal titles

Period

Dynasty	Kings (foreign ruler vassal king female^♀)

Old Babylonian Empire
(1894–1595 BC)

I	Sumu-abum Sumu-la-El Sabium Apil-Sin Sin-Muballit Hammurabi Samsu-iluna Abi-Eshuh Ammi-Ditana Ammi-Saduqa Samsu-Ditana
II	Ilum-ma-ili Itti-ili-nibi Unknown king (?) Damqi-ilishu Ishkibal Shushushi Gulkishar ^mDIŠ+U-EN Peshgaldaramesh Ayadaragalama Akurduana Melamkurkurra Ea-gamil

Kassite period
(1729–1157 BC)

III

Middle Babylonian period
(1157–732 BC)

IV	Marduk-kabit-ahheshu Itti-Marduk-balatu Ninurta-nadin-shumi Nebuchadnezzar I Enlil-nadin-apli Marduk-nadin-ahhe Marduk-shapik-zeri Adad-apla-iddina Marduk-ahhe-eriba Marduk-zer-X Nabu-shum-libur
V	Simbar-shipak Ea-mukin-zeri Kashshu-nadin-ahi
VI	Eulmash-shakin-shumi Ninurta-kudurri-usur I Shirikti-shuqamuna
VII	Mar-biti-apla-usur
VIII	Nabû-mukin-apli Ninurta-kudurri-usur II Mar-biti-ahhe-iddina Shamash-mudammiq Nabu-shuma-ukin I Nabu-apla-iddina Marduk-zakir-shumi I Marduk-balassu-iqbi Baba-aha-iddina Ninurta-apla-X Marduk-bel-zeri Marduk-apla-usur Eriba-Marduk Nabu-shuma-ishkun Nabonassar Nabu-nadin-zeri Nabu-suma-ukin II

Neo-Assyrian period
(732–626 BC)

IX	Nabu-mukin-zeri Tiglath-Pileser III Shalmaneser V Marduk-apla-iddina II Sargon II Sennacherib Marduk-zakir-shumi II Marduk-apla-iddina II Bel-ibni Aššur-nādin-šumi Nergal-ushezib Mushezib-Marduk Sennacherib Esarhaddon Ashurbanipal Šamaš-šuma-ukin Ashurbanipal Kandalanu Sîn-šumu-līšir Sinsharishkun

Neo-Babylonian Empire
(626–539 BC)

X	Nabopolassar Nebuchadnezzar II Amel-Marduk Neriglissar Labashi-Marduk Nabonidus

Babylon under foreign rule (539 BC – AD 224)

Persian period
(539–331 BC)

XI	Cyrus II Cambyses II Bardiya Nebuchadnezzar III Darius I Nebuchadnezzar IV Xerxes I Shamash-eriba Bel-shimanni Artaxerxes I Xerxes II Sogdianus Darius II Artaxerxes II Artaxerxes III Artaxerxes IV Nidin-Bel (?) Darius III

Hellenistic period
(331–141 BC)

XII	Alexander III Philip III Arrhidaeus Alexander IV Antigonus I Monophthalmus
XIII	Seleucus I Nicator Antiochus I Soter Seleucus Antiochus II Theos Seleucus II Callinicus Seleucus III Ceraunus Antiochus III Megas Antiochus Seleucus IV Philopator Antiochus IV Epiphanes Antiochus Antiochus V Eupator Demetrius I Soter Timarchus Demetrius I Soter Alexander Balas Demetrius II Nicator