Hezekiah’s Wealth and Honor(A)

27 Hezekiah had very great riches and honor. And he made himself treasuries for silver, for gold, for precious stones, for spices, for shields, and for all kinds of desirable items; 28 storehouses for the harvest of grain, wine, and oil; and stalls for all kinds of livestock, and [a]folds for flocks. 29 Moreover he provided cities for himself, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for (B)God had given him very much property. 30 (C)This same Hezekiah also stopped the water outlet of Upper Gihon, and [b]brought the water by tunnel to the west side of the City of David. Hezekiah (D)prospered in all his works.

31 However, regarding the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, whom they (E)sent to him to inquire about the wonder that was done in the land, God withdrew from him, in order to (F)test him, that He might know all that was in his heart.

Death of Hezekiah

32 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, indeed they are written in (G)the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the (H)book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 33 (I)So Hezekiah [c]rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the upper tombs of the sons of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem (J)honored him at his death. Then Manasseh his son reigned in his place.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 32:28 So with LXX, Vg.; Arab., Syr. omit folds for flocks; MT flocks for sheepfolds
  2. 2 Chronicles 32:30 Lit. brought it straight to (cf. 2 Kin. 20:20)
  3. 2 Chronicles 32:33 Died and joined his ancestors

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