Bible Person
Meaning: bitter contrition · Male · 1 cross reference
Merodach-baladan is the Babylonian ruler who sends envoys to Hezekiah in Isaiah 39:1. He belongs to the international political setting that exposes Judah's temptation toward pride and misplaced trust. First appears in Isa 39:1.1
AI summary: Merodach-baladan matters because his single cross reference stands behind Hezekiah's display of wealth that prompts Isaiah's warning about Babylon. The entry helps connect diplomatic contact, royal vanity, and the future shadow of exile. Taken together, the material presents Merodach-baladan as a foreign ruler whose embassy becomes spiritually significant for Judah.1
Central Figure
Merodach-baladan
Meaning: bitter contrition
Merodach has given a son, (Isa.
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.) 3
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.