2 Kings 20:12-19

Evangelical Heritage Version

Envoys From Babylon

¹² At that time, Merodak Baladan^[a] son of Baladan, the king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah because he heard that Hezekiah had been sick. ¹³ Hezekiah heard the envoys and showed them all his palace treasuries, the silver, the gold, the spices, the fine oil, the armory, and all that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing which Hezekiah did not show them in his palace or in his whole kingdom.

¹⁴ Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said, “What did these men say, and where did they come from?”

Hezekiah said, “From a distant land—they came from Babylon.”

¹⁵ Then Isaiah asked, “What did they see in your palace?”

Hezekiah said, “They saw everything in my palace. There is nothing in my treasuries which they did not see.”

¹⁶ Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the Lord. ¹⁷ Listen carefully! The days are coming when whatever is in your palace, everything which your fathers have stored up to this day, will be taken to Babylon. Not a thing will be left behind, says the Lord. ¹⁸ And some of your sons, your own descendants, whom you fathered, will be taken away and will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

¹⁹ Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord which you have spoken is good.” He said, “Won’t there be peace and security in my days?”