Merodach-baladan

Meaning: Merodach has given a son

This was the name of two Biblical men.

  1. Merodach-baladan, a Chaldean chief mentioned in Isaiah 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”

  2. Merodach-baladan, a Babylonian king man who sent ambassadors to Hezekiah (B.C. 721)

    His father was Baladan.

    He is also called Berodach-baladan (2 Kings 20:12; 2 Chronicles 20:31). (See HEZEKIAH.)

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