He led the Babylonian populace in revolt against Assyria and King Sennacherib in 689 BC, with the support of Elam and King Humban-nimena (who was attacked by the Babylonians and the Assyrians only years before), at the Battle of Halule. It is not clear who won this battle, since both sides claimed victory, and all rulers remained on their thrones, but as the Assyrians subsequently retreated, they are likely to have suffered the greatest losses.[2]
Mushezib-Marduk lost his ally when the Elamite king Humban-nimena suffered a stroke later that same year, an opportunity King Sennacherib quickly seized by attacking Babylon, and eventually capturing it after a nine-month siege. To avenge the death of his son, whom the Babylonians had effectively killed when they handed him over to the Elamites in 694 BC, Sennacherib pillaged and burned Babylon, tore down its walls, and even diverted the Euphrates into the city. During the Sack of Babylon, Mushezib-Marduk was most likely murdered.
mushezib, marduk, reigned, chaldean, prince, chosen, king, babylon, after, nergal, ushezib, babylonian, populace, revolt, against, assyria, king, sennacherib, with, support, elam, king, humban, nimena, attacked, babylonians, assyrians, only, years, before, bat. Mushezib Marduk reigned 693 BC 689 BC Chaldean prince chosen as King of Babylon after Nergal ushezib 1 He led the Babylonian populace in revolt against Assyria and King Sennacherib in 689 BC with the support of Elam and King Humban nimena who was attacked by the Babylonians and the Assyrians only years before at the Battle of Halule It is not clear who won this battle since both sides claimed victory and all rulers remained on their thrones but as the Assyrians subsequently retreated they are likely to have suffered the greatest losses 2 Mushezib Marduk lost his ally when the Elamite king Humban nimena suffered a stroke later that same year an opportunity King Sennacherib quickly seized by attacking Babylon and eventually capturing it after a nine month siege To avenge the death of his son whom the Babylonians had effectively killed when they handed him over to the Elamites in 694 BC Sennacherib pillaged and burned Babylon tore down its walls and even diverted the Euphrates into the city During the Sack of Babylon Mushezib Marduk was most likely murdered See also editKings of BabylonReferences edit Grayson Albert Kirk 2 November 2018 Assyrian and Babylonian Chronicles Eisenbrauns ISBN 9781575060491 via Google Books Jean Jacques Glassner Mesopotamian Chronicles Atlanta 2004 p 199 Preceded byNergal ushezib King of Babylon693 689 BC Succeeded bySennacherib This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Mushezib Marduk news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this message nbsp This biography of a member of a Middle Eastern royal house is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Assyrian related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mushezib Marduk amp oldid 1092930798, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
