Who was Baladan?

He has given a son, the father of the Babylonian king (2 Kings 20:12; Isa. 39:1) Merodach-baladan (q. v. ).

Baladan first appears in 2 Kings 20:12. In this repository’s biblical text, this figure is associated with 2 verse mentions across 2 books, most notably 2 Kings, Isaiah.