Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 39

8 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken: he said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my dayes.

The History contained in this Chapter is related in the same words, 2 Kings 20. 12, &c. onely he who here is called Merodach is there called Berodach, meerly by the change of one letter, which is very usual in the Hebrew Language, especially in proper Names, as Dimon is put for Dibon, Isa. 15. 9. and the same man is called Nebuchadnetsar, and Nebuchadretsar. This King is called Merodach from the Idol so called, Ier. 50. 2. and Baladan from his Fathers Name. But whether this man was an Assyrian or a Mede or a Babylonian it is not easy to determine nor worth while to enquire. But this is certain, that about this time there were Wars between the Assyrians, and the Babylonians, the issue whereof was, that the latter subdued the former.