Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 2 King 20:12

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 2 King 20:12 - 20:12

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 2 King 20:12 - 20:12

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

20:1 - 20:1
20:2 - 20:2
20:3 - 20:3
20:4 - 20:4
20:5 - 20:5
20:8 - 20:8
20:12 - 20:12
20:13 - 20:13
20:19 - 20:19
20:20 - 20:20

Berodach-baladan - (Isa 39:1), the first king of Babylon mentioned in sacred history; formerly its rulers were viceroys of the Assyrian monarchs. This individual threw off the yoke, and asserting his independence, made with varying success, a long and obstinate resistance [Rawlinson, Outlines]. The message of congratulation to Hezekiah, was, in all likelihood, accompanied with proposals for a defensive alliance against their common Assyrian enemy. The king of Judah, flattered with this honor, showed the ambassadors all his treasures, his armory and warlike stores; and his motive for this was evidently that the Babylonian deputies might be the more induced to prize his friendship.