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History Confirms Scripture
Scholars explain that this verse presents a potential historical puzzle: how could Babylon have a king when it was a dependency of Assyria? Extra-biblical records, however, confirm that Merodach-baladan was a temporary usurper who had rebelled against Assyria. This detail, once obscure, now serves as a powerful confirmation of the Bible's historical accuracy.
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 39:1
18th Century
Theologian
At that time - That is, soon after his recovery; or after he had amassed great wealth, and was surrounded with the evidences of prosperity (…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 39:1
19th Century
Bishop
Merodach-baladan. —The name is conspicuous in the Assyrian inscriptions of Sargon (Records of the Past, ix. 13), as havin…
John Calvin
On Isaiah 39:1
16th Century
Theologian
At that time. Some think that this was the first king of the Chaldean nation, for his father, Baladin, had held the government ov…
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John Gill
On Isaiah 39:1
17th Century
Pastor
At that time Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king
of Babylon
The same is called Berodach, ([Referenc…