Merodach: meaning of the name
Merodach means “bitter contrition.”
Merodach in Scripture
“Merodach” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.
- Isaiah 39:1
At that time Merodach–baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.
- Jeremiah 50:2
Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.