Adam Clarke Commentary - 2 King 20:12

Adam Clarke Commentary - 2 King 20:12 - 20:12

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Adam Clarke Commentary - 2 King 20:12 - 20:12

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

20:1 - 20:1
20:3 - 20:3
20:4 - 20:4
20:6 - 20:6
20:7 - 20:7
20:8 - 20:8
20:11 - 20:11
20:12 - 20:12
20:13 - 20:13
20:17 - 20:17
20:18 - 20:18
20:19 - 20:19
20:20 - 20:20

At that time Berodach-baladan - He is called Merodach-Baladan, Isa 39:1, and by the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, and by several of Kennicott’s and De Rossi’s MSS.; and also by the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds. The true reading seems to be Merodach; the מ mem and ב beth might be easily interchanged, and so produce the mistake.

Sent letters and a present - It appears that there was friendship between the king of Babylon and Hezekiah, when the latter and the Assyrians were engaged in a destructive war. The king of Babylon had not only heard of his sickness, but he had heard of the miracle; as we learn from 2Ch 32:31.