At that time Berodach Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 12. Berodach, or Merodac Baladan. Isaiah 39:1. Calmet.—The latter was his father; the famous Nabonassar. D.—Letters, or books. Isai.—Sick. They came to congratulate him on his recovery, and also ( Menochius.) to inquire of the wonder that had happened upon the earth. God left him that he might be tempted, and all things might be made known that were in his heart. 2 Chronicles 32:31. Bible.—If this embassage took place after the fall of Sennacherib, the king of Babylon might thank Ezechias for having stopped the career of that ambitious monarch, from whom the former had every thing to fear. Calmet.