e.sar-chad.don identifies the son who became king after his father was struck down and the king named in a later settlement memory.

The term is used as a proper name: in two accounts it identifies the son who reigned in his father's place, and in Ezra it names the king from whose days people said they had been brought up to the land.

1. Proper name in royal succession and recollection · dominant

   The form is tagged Noun · Proper in all three verses. In 2 Kings 19:37 and Isaiah 37:38 the APB renders the clause that, after the father was struck down, “Esarhaddon his son” became king or reigned in his place; in Ezra 4:2 it names the king from whose days the speakers say they had been brought up there.

   2 Kings 19:37Ezra 4:2Isaiah 37:38

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Esarhaddon” in each verse. It places the name in succession language in 2 Kings 19:37 and Isaiah 37:38, and in a statement about earlier days in Ezra 4:2.