Merodach-baladan: Merodach has given a son,
(Isaiah 39:1) "the hereditary chief of the
Chaldeans, a small tribe at that time settled in the marshes at the
mouth of the Euphrates, but in consequence of his conquest of Babylon
afterwards, they became the dominant caste in Babylonia itself." One
bearing this name sent ambassadors to Hezekiah (B.C. 721) He is also
called Berodach-baladan
(2 Kings 20:12; Isaiah 39:1)
