was able to drive Merodach-baladan out of Babylon in 703 and replace him with a native puppet ruler Bel-Ibni (Brinkman, 26). On his second campaign in the region in 700, Sennacherib forced Merodach-baladan to flee from his native Dur-Jakin to Elam for refuge, after which Merodach-baladan is never heard from again. These records clearly demonstrate Kedarite and Arab, as well as Elamite, support for Merodach-baladan in his attempt to fend off Sennacherib. Perhaps the most noteworthy of Sennacherib’s