Bible Person
Meaning: one without judgment · Male · 2 cross references
Baladan is remembered as the father of Merodach-baladan, the Babylonian ruler who later sends envoys to Hezekiah. He appears through a dynastic link within the international politics surrounding Judah. First appears in 2 Kgs 20:12.1
AI summary: Baladan matters because the cross references place his house behind one of the foreign royal contacts in Hezekiah's day. Though he is not the active ruler in the biblical scene, his name locates Merodach-baladan within a real dynastic setting and reminds readers that Judah's story unfolds amid larger imperial currents. Taken together, the material presents Baladan as a Babylonian royal father whose line touches Judah's geopolitical world.1
Central Figure
Baladan
Meaning: one without judgment
He has given a son, the father of the Babylonian king (2 Kings 20:12; Isa.
He has given a son, the father of the Babylonian king (2 Kings 20:12; Isa. 39:1) Merodach-baladan (q.v.). 3
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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.