Death; slaughter, the name of a Babylonian god, probably the planet Mars (Jer. 50:2), or it may be another name of Bel, the guardian divinity of Babylon. This name frequently occurs as a surname to the kings of Assyria and Babylon.
bitter contrition ...
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
(death), (Jeremiah 50:2) identical with the famous Babylonian Bel or Belus, the word being probably ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
the fool of Merodach; the fool grinds bitterly ...
bitter contrition, without judgment ...
Merodach's man, the son and successor of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon (2 Kings 25:27; Jer. 52:31,...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Merodach has given a son, (Isa. 39:1), "the hereditary chief of the Chaldeans, a small tribe at that...