Kadashman-Enlil II

Kadašman-Enlil II
King of Babylon
KBo I 10 original publication of letter from Ḫattušili III to Kadašman-Enlil II.[i 1]
Reign	1263–1255 BC
Predecessor	Kadašman-Turgu
Successor	Kudur-Enlil
House	Kassite

Kadašman-Enlil II, typically rendered ^dka-dáš-man-^dEN.LÍL^{[nb 1]} in contemporary inscriptions, meaning “he believes in Enlil” (1263-1255 BC short chronology) was the 25th king^{[i 2]} of the Kassite or 3rd dynasty of Babylon.

He succeeded Kadašman-Turgu as a child and political power was exercised at first by an influential vizier, Itti-Marduk-balatu, “whom the gods have caused to live far too long and [from] whose mouth unfavourable words never cease”, according to Ḫattušili III.^{[i 1]} The vizier seems to have adopted a sharply antagonistic position towards the Hittites, favoring the appeasement of their belligerent Assyrian northerly neighbor.^[1]

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