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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 20:12

Berodach-baladan] Isaiah 39:1 has the more correct form 'Merodach-baladan.' This prince was a Chaldean who twice made himself master of Babylon and was twice expelled from it by the Assyrians. In 2 Chronicles 32:31 the motive of his embassy is said to have been a wish to enquire into the unusual occurrence described in 2 Chronicles 32:11 but it is probable that he likewise sought to obtain Hezekiah's aid against the Assyrians.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 2 Kings 20:12. _AT THAT TIME BERODACH-BALADAN_] He is called _Merodach-Baladan_, Isaiah 39:1, and by the _Septuagint, Syriac_, and _Arabic_ versions, and by several of _Kennicott's_ and _De Ros...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BERODACH-BALADAN - The correct form of this name, Merodach-baladan, is given in Isaiah Isaiah 39:1. It is a name composed of three elements, Merodach, the well-known Babylonian god Jeremiah 50:2, but...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    3. HEZEKIAH'S ILLNESS, RECOVERY, FAILURE, AND DEATH CHAPTER 20 _ 1. Hezekiah's illness and recovery (2 Kings 20:1; 2 Chronicles 32:24)_ 2. Hezekiah's failure (2 Kings 20:12;...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE EMBASSY OF MERODACH-BALADAN. The correct name of this king (_mg._) is preserved in the parallel passage, Isaiah 39. The sickness of Hezekiah and the embassy for which his recovery was an excuse mu...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BERODAEH. Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac, read "Merodach". Compare Isaiah 39:1. KING OF BABYLON. First occurrence of this title. Babylon and Nineveh the two great cities competing henceforwa...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    An embassy to Hezekiah from the king of Babylon. Isaiah's message to Hezekiah. Death of Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 32:25-33; Isaiah 39:1-8) 12. _Berodach-baladan_ The first part of the name is given as Me...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. HEZEKIAH'S FOOLISH MISTAKE AND SUBSEQUENT REBUKE 20:12-19 TRANSLATION (12) At that time Berodach-baladan the son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah, for he had hea...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AT THAT TIME BERODACHBALADAN, THE SON OF BALADAN, KING OF BABYLON, SENT LETTERS AND A PRESENT UNTO HEZEKIAH: FOR HE HAD HEARD THAT HEZEKIAH HAD BEEN SICK._ At that time Berodach-baladan, the son of...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 20 HEZEKIAH’S ILLNESS V1 During that time, Hezekiah became ill. He almost died. The *prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, wen...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE EMBASSY OP MERODACH-BALADAN (2 Kings 20:12). (12) AT THAT TIME BERODACH-BALADAN. — As to the name, _Berodach_ is a transcriber’s error for _Merodach_ (Jeremiah 1:2). Some MSS. of Kings, and the L...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    בָּ † עֵ֣ת הַ הִ֡יא שָׁלַ֡ח בְּרֹאדַ֣ךְ ֠בַּלְאֲדָן...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    HEZEKIAH'S SICKNESS, AND THE EMBASSY FROM BABYLON 2 Kings 20:1 "Thou hast loved me out of the pit of nothingness," - Isaiah 38:17 (A.V, margin) "See the shadow of the dial In the lot of every one...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A MISTAKE AND ITS PENALTY 2 Kings 20:12 God does not always prolong life in answer to prayer, and we should always leave such things submissively to Him, because He may see reasons why it would be fa...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In this chapter we have the account of the last days of Hezekiah. From a severe sickness he was delivered in answer to prayer and by the intervention of the prophet. He again manifested weakness durin...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a (i) present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick. (i) Moved by the favour that God showed...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Berodach, or Merodac Baladan, Isaias xxxix. 1. (Calmet) --- The latter was his father; the famous Nabonassar. (Du Hamel) --- Letters, or books, Isaias. --- Sick. They came to congratulate him on his r...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    It is conjectured by some that as the Babylonians worshipped the sun, the respect paid Hezekiah in the going back of the sun fifteen degrees, as before related, (for either they had heard of it or see...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    "And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz" (2 Kings 19:1-37). He goes to Je...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    We find here again in a figure the principle with which Israel's deliverance, and that of all men, is connected-a principle pointed out in Elisha, and accomplished in Jesus. Hezekiah is raised as from...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AT THAT TIME BERODACHBALADAN,.... He is called Merodachbaladan, Isaiah 39:1, so here in the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions; Isaiah 39:1; and by Metasthenes z his father is called Merodach, an...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick. Ver. 12. _At that time Berodach-baladan._] _...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Berodach-baladan_ He seems to have been the king of Assyria's viceroy in Babylon; and, upon the terrible slaughter in the Assyrian host, and the death of Sennacherib, and the differences among his so...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Hezekiah hauing receiued a message of death, by prayer hath his life lengthned. 8 The [HEZEKIAH SICKE.] Sunne goeth tenne degrees backward, for a signe of that promise. 12 Berodach Baladan sendi...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Hezekiah's Vanity...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    At that time Berodach-baladan (or Merodach-baladan), THE SON OF BALADAN, KING OF BABYLON, THE FIRST KING OF BABYLON, then still under Assyrian supremacy, mentioned in sacred history, SENT LETTERS AND...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    FIFTEEN YEARS ADDED TO HEZEKIAH'S LIFE (vv.1-11) "In those days was Hezekiah sick and near death" (v.1). This took place about the time that Assyria captured the fortified cities of Judah (ch.18:13)...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    12-21 The king of Babylon was at this time independent of the king of Assyria, though shortly after subdued by him. Hezekiah showed his treasures and armour, and other proofs of his wealth and power....

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    BERODACH-BALADAN, called _Merodach-baladan_, ISAIAH 39:1, whose name Josephus found in that famous Chaldean historian, Berosus. He seems to have been the king of Assyria's viceroy in Babylon; and upon...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Kings 20:12 time H6256 Berodach-Baladan H1255 son H1121 Baladan H1081 king H4428 Babylon H894 sent H7971 (H8804)

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE VISIT OF THE BABYLONIAN AMBASSADORS (2 KINGS 20:12). News of Hezekiah's sickness had reached Babylon, who may already have been in negotiations with him, and the consequence was that the king of B...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Hezekiah's illness and recovery. CHARACTERS: God, Hezekiah, Isaiah, Berodach-baladan. CONCLUSION: Neither greatness nor goodness can exempt us from sickness, yet often when the death sente...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    2 Kings 20:1. _In those days;_ the year after Hezekiah's deliverance from the Assyrians, and the fifteenth of his reign. 2 Kings 20:11. _He brought the shadow ten degrees backward._ Signs of the truth...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Berodach-baladan _. .. _ sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah._ HEZEKIAH AND THE AMBASSADORS, OR VAINGLORY REBUKED Who among us would not have shown the strangers over our house, and our garden,...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death._ THE BLESSING OF SICKNESS A Christian man of intense business enterprise and activity was laid aside by sickness. He who never would intermit his labours...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 20:12. MERODACH-BALADAN, KING OF BABYLON—This is the first mention of a king of Babylon in Bible history, for hitherto Babylon had only viceroys sent from the...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 20:1 ILLNESS OF HEZEKIAH AND EMBASSY OF MERODACH-BALADAN. HEZEKIAH'S DEATH. The writer proceeds to relate an illness and a recovery of Hezekiah, which happened about the midd

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in those days Hezekiah was very sick (2 Kings 20:1). Actually he was dying. And Isaiah came to him, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Set your house in order; for you're going to die, and not live...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Chronicles 32:31; 2 Samuel 10:2; 2 Samuel 8:10; Genesis 10:10;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Berodach — baladan — He seems to have been the king of Assyria's vice — roy in Babylon, and upon that terrible slaughter in the Assyrian host, and the death of Sennacherib, and the differences among h...

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    How can these verses speak of the visitors from Berodach- Baladan as coming after the invasion of Sennacherib? PROBLEM: According to the sequence of events as they are presented in 2 Kings 20:12-15, t...

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