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Baladan

Mentioned in 711 BC traditional (Jones)

He has given a son, the father of the Babylonian king (2 Kings 20:12; Isa. 39:1) Merodach-baladan (q.v.).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Child
Merodach-baladan
Tagged in
2 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Family tree of Baladan: two generations up and down, with partners and siblings.

Places

Places named in the same verses as Baladan, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. likely location: Babylon2

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 736–686 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 3 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Timeline of Baladan’s mentions beside the people of the same era.

Mentions

Begat counts Baladan in 2 tagged verses across 2 books.

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  1. 2 Kings1
  2. Isaiah1

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBBaladan 2
KJVBaladan 2
ASVBaladan 2

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Every verse

All 2 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

2 Kings1 verse
  1. 20:12

    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.

Isaiah1 verse
  1. 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.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

He has given a son, the father of the Babylonian king (2 Kings 20:12; Isa. 39:1) Merodach-baladan (q.v.).