Isaiah 39:1 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 39:1

At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness and recovery.

BSB

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ASV

At that time Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah; for he heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.

KJV

At that time Merodach–baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

At that time Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon,.... The same is called Berodach, 2Ki 20:12 which, according to Hillerus (z), is the same with Barmerodach, the son of Merodach; though it is generally took to be a slip of the scribe's there, or a change of letter, as is common in names; he was either afterwards made a god of, or he had his name from an idol of the Babylonians so called, Jer 50:1, which signifies "a pure lord."

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

At that time - That is, soon after his recovery; or after he had amassed great wealth, and was surrounded with the evidences of prosperity 2Ch 32:27-31. Merodach-baladan, the son of Balddan, king of Babylon - In the parallel place in 2Ki 20:12, this name is written Berodach-baladan, by a change of a single letter. Probably the name was written and pronounced both ways. Merodach was an idol of the Babylonians Jer 50:2: ‘Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is confounded.’ This idol, according to Gesenius, was probably the planet Mars, or Mars the god of war.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Merodach-baladan--For a hundred fifty years before the overthrow of Nineveh by Cyaxares the Mede, a succession of rulers, mostly viceroys of Assyria, ruled Babylon, from the time of Nabonassar, 747 B.C. That date is called "the Era of Nabonassar." Pul or Phallukha was then expelled, and a new dynasty set up at Nineveh, under Tiglath-pileser.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בָּעֵ֣ת	ba.'Et	at the time	H6256 →
הַהִ֡וא	ha.Hiv'	<the> that	H1931 →
שָׁלַ֡ח	sha.Lach	he sent	H7971 →
מְרֹדַ֣ךְ	me.ro.Dakh	Merodach-	H4757 →
בַּ֠לְאֲדָן	Bal.'a.don	Baladan	H4757 →
בֶּֽן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
בַּלְאֲדָ֧ן	bal.'a.Dan	Baladan	H1081 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־	Me.lekh-	[the] king of	H4428 →
בָּבֶ֛ל	ba.Vel	Babylon	H894 →
סְפָרִ֥ים	se.fa.Rim	letters	H5612 →
וּמִנְחָ֖ה	u.min.Chah	and a gift	H4503 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּ	chiz.ki.Ya.hu	Hezekiah	H2396 →
וַיִּשְׁמַ֕ע	vai.yish.Ma'	and he had heard	H8085 →
כִּ֥י	ki	that	H3588 →
חָלָ֖ה	cha.Lah	he had been sick	H2470 →
וַֽיֶּחֱזָֽק׃	Vai.ye.che.Zak	and he was strong	H2388 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Samuel 10:2
And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent some of his servants to console Hanun concerning his father. But…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 11:1
  Soon Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”
- Deuteronomy 23:3–6
  No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.
Through
Isaiah 13:19
And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
leads to
- Daniel 4:30
  the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
- Zephaniah 2:9
  Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual…
- Genesis 19:24
  Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
- Deuteronomy 29:23
  All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the…
- Jeremiah 51:41
  How Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!
Through
2 Chronicles 32:23
Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the LORD and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah, and from then on he was exalted in the eyes of all nations.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 17:5
  So the LORD established the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah brought him tribute, so that he had an abundance of riches and honor.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Isaiah

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

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About Isaiah