¹⁹ Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good,”^(A) for he thought, “Why not, if there will be peace and security during my lifetime?”

³⁰ He sent letters with assurances of peace and security^[a] to all the Jews who were in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus,

⁸ Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good,” for he thought: There will be peace and security during my lifetime.^(A)