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Merodach-baladan
Merodach-Baladan in the Topics
Merodach has given a son, (Isa 39:1), “the hereditary chief of the Chaldeans, a small tribe at that time settled in the marshes at the mouth of the Euphrates, but in consequence of his conquest of Babylon afterwards, they became the dominant caste in Babylonia itself.” One bearing this name sent ambassadors to Hezekiah (B.C. 721). He is also called Berodach-baladan (2 Kgs 20:12; 2 Chr 20:31). (See Hezekiah.)
Named in the Bible
1 verse
- Isaiah 39:1 At that time Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
