Hebrew word · H1081

בַּלְאֲדָן

bal'adan

Baladan

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.20.12;

son of: Baladan (H1081);

father of: Merodach-baladan (H1255)

§ Baladan = "Bel (is his) lord)"

the father of Merodach-baladan to whom Hezekiah revealed the riches of his treasures

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

2 Kings · 1

  1. 2 Kings 20:12 בַּלְאֲדָ֧ן Baladan

    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.

    Here: The father's name as the Hebrew text gives it. Assyrian inscriptions call Marduk-apla-iddina 'son of Yakin', meaning a member of the Chaldean tribe Bit-Yakin. 'Baladan' here may be a shortened echo of his own name rather than his father's real name.

Isaiah · 1

  1. Isaiah 39:1 בַּלְאֲדָ֧ן Baladan

    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.

    Here: The father's name as the Hebrew text gives it. Assyrian records instead call Merodach-baladan "son of Yakin", after his tribal ancestor (see textual notes).

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.