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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1255
be.ro.dakh bal.a.dan — Merodach-baladan
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.20.12; son of: Baladan (H1081) Also named: me.ro.dakh bal.a.dan (מְרֹדַךְ בַּלְאֲדָן "Merodach-baladan" H4757) § Berodach-baladan = "worshipper of Baal" king of Babylon in the days of Hezekiah
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4757
me.ro.dakh bal.a.dan — Merodach-baladan
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.20.12; son of: Baladan (H1081) Another spelling of be.ro.dakh bal.a.dan (בְּרֹאדַךְ בַּלְאֲדָן "Merodach-baladan" H1255) § Merodach-baladan = "Marduk has given a son" king of Babylon in the days of king Hezekiah of Judah
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1081
bal.a.dan — Baladan
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.20.12; son of: Baladan (H1081); father of: Merodach-baladan (H1255) § Baladan = "Bel (is his) lord)" the father of Merodach-baladan to whom Hezekiah revealed the riches of his treasures
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →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 Kings 20:12; 2 Chr. 20:31). (See HEZEKIAH.)
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
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