2 Kings 20:12-21

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Hezekiah and the Babylonian Envoys

¹²^(A)At that time ^(B)Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, ^(C)sent envoys with letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick. ¹³And Hezekiah welcomed them, and he showed them ^(D)all his treasure house, the silver, the gold, the spices, the precious oil, his armory, all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his house or in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them. ¹⁴Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah, and said to him, “What did these men say? And from where did they come to you?” And Hezekiah said, “They have come from a far country, from Babylon.” ¹⁵He said, “What have they seen in your house?” And Hezekiah answered, “They have seen all that is in my house; there is nothing in my storehouses that I did not show them.”

¹⁶Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the Lord: ¹⁷Behold, the days are coming, when ^(E)all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have stored up till this day, shall be carried to Babylon. Nothing shall be left, says the Lord. ¹⁸^(F)And some of your own sons, who will come from you, whom you will father, shall be taken away, ^(G)and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.” ¹⁹Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, ^(H)“The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Why not, if there will be peace and security in my days?”

²⁰^(I)The rest of the deeds of Hezekiah and all his might and how he made ^(J)the pool and the conduit ^(K)and brought water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? ²¹^(L)And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and Manasseh his son reigned in his place.

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2 Chronicles 32:24-33

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Hezekiah's Pride and Achievements

²⁴^(A)In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death, and he prayed to the Lord, and he answered him and gave him a sign. ²⁵But Hezekiah ^(B)did not make return according to the benefit done to him, for ^(C)his heart was proud. Therefore ^(D)wrath came upon him and Judah and Jerusalem. ²⁶But Hezekiah ^(E)humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the Lord did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

²⁷And Hezekiah had very great riches and honor, and he made for himself treasuries for silver, for gold, for precious stones, for spices, for shields, and for all kinds of ^(F)costly vessels; ²⁸storehouses also for the yield of grain, wine, and oil; and stalls for all kinds of cattle, and sheepfolds. ²⁹He likewise provided cities for himself, and flocks and herds in abundance, for God had given him very great possessions. ³⁰This same Hezekiah ^(G)closed the upper outlet of the waters of ^(H)Gihon and directed them down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works. ³¹And so in the matter of the envoys of the princes of Babylon, ^(I)who had been sent to him to inquire about ^(J)the sign that had been done in the land, God left him to himself, ^(K)in order to test him and to know all that was in his heart.

³²Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his good deeds, behold, they are written ^(L)in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, ^(M)in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel. ³³And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the ^(N)upper part of the tombs of the sons of David, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his place.

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