Isaias 39:1
At that time Merodach Baladan, the son of Baladan king of Babylon, sent letters and presents to Ezechias: for he had heard that he had been sick and was recovered.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- In tempore illo misit Merodach Baladan, filius Baladan, rex Babylonis, libros et munera ad Ezechiam : audierat enim quod ægrotasset et convaluisset.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ ἀπέστειλεν Μαρωδὰχ Βαλαδὰν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Βαλαδὰν ὁ βασιλεὺς τῆς Βαβυλωνίας ἐπιστολὰς καὶ πρέσβεις καὶ δῶρα· ἤκουσεν γὰρ ὅτι ἐμαλακίσθη ἕως θανάτου καὶ ἀνέστη.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֡וא שָׁלַ֡ח מְרֹדַ֣ךְ בַּ֠לְאֲדָן בֶּֽן בַּלְאֲדָ֧ן מֶֽלֶךְ בָּבֶ֛ל סְפָרִ֥ים וּמִנְחָ֖ה אֶל חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּ וַיִּשְׁמַ֕ע כִּ֥י חָלָ֖ה וַֽיֶּחֱזָֽק
Haydock's commentary
And. Septuagint add, "ambassadors and presents." See 4 Kings xx. 12. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.