 He attacked and deposed Marduk-apla-adding II in 710 BCE, also defeating his Elamite allies in the process.After defeat by the Assyrians, Merodach-Baladan fled to his protectors in Elam.In 703, Merodach-Baladan very briefly regained the throne from a native Akkadian-Babylonian ruler Marduk-zakir-shumi II, who was a puppet of the new Assyrian king, Sennacherib (705–681 BCE).