Hezekiah and the Babylonian Envoys

2 Kings 20

12 k At that time 1 BerodachBal'a-dan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick. 13 And l Hezekiah was attentive to them, and showed them all the house of his treasures - the silver and gold, the spices and precious ointment, and 2 all 3 his armory - all that was found among his treasures. There was nothing in his house or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them. 14 Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah, and said to him, "What did these men say, and from where did they come to you?" So Hezekiah said, "They came from a far country, from Babylon." 15 And he said, "What have they seen in your house?" So Hezekiah answered, m "They have seen all that is in my house; there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them."

16 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of the LORD: 17 'Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and what your fathers have accumulated until this day, n shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left,' says the LORD. 18 'And o they shall take away some of your sons who will 4 descend from you, whom you will beget; p and they shall be q eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.' " 19 So Hezekiah said to Isaiah, r "The word of the LORD which you have spoken is good!" For he said, "Will there not be peace and truth at least in my days?"

20 s Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah - all his might, and how he t made a u pool and a 5 tunnel and v brought water into the city - are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 21 So w Hezekiah 6 rested with his fathers. Then Manasseh his son reigned in his place.

  1. Cross References
    2 Kings 8:8
    And the king said to Hazael, "Take a present in your hand, and go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD by him, saying, 'Shall I recover from this disease?'
    2 Kings 8:9
    So Hazael went to meet him and took a present with him, of every good thing of Damascus, forty camel-loads; and he came and stood before him, and said, "Your son BenHadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, 'Shall I recover from this disease?'
    2 Chronicles 32:31
    However, regarding the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, whom they sent to him to inquire about the wonder that was done in the land, God withdrew from him, in order to test him, that He might know all that was in his heart.
    Isaiah 39:1 - 8
    At that time MerodachBal'a-dan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick and had recovered.
  2. Cross References
    2 Kings 16:9
    So the king of Assyria heeded him; for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus and took it, carried its people captive to Kir, and killed Rezin.
    2 Chronicles 32:27
    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.
    2 Chronicles 32:31
    However, regarding the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, whom they sent to him to inquire about the wonder that was done in the land, God withdrew from him, in order to test him, that He might know all that was in his heart.
  3. Cross References
    2 Kings 20:13
    And Hezekiah was attentive to them, and showed them all the house of his treasures - the silver and gold, the spices and precious ointment, and all his armory - all that was found among his treasures. There was nothing in his house or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.
  4. Cross References
    2 Kings 24:13
    And he carried out from there all the treasures...
    2 Kings 25:13 - 15
    The bronze pillars that were in the house of th...
    2 Chronicles 36:10
    At the turn of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sum...
    Jeremiah 27:21
    Yes, thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Is...
    Jeremiah 27:22
    'They shall be carried to Babylon, and there th...
    Jeremiah 52:17
    The bronze pillars that were in the house of th...
  5. Cross References
    2 Kings 24:12
    Then Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officers went out to the king of Babylon; and the king of Babylon, in the eighth year of his reign, took him prisoner.
    2 Chronicles 33:11
    Therefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze fetters, and carried him off to Babylon.
  6. Cross References
    Daniel 1:3 - 7
    Then the king instructed Ashpenaz, the master of his eunuchs, to bring some of the children of Israel and some of the king's descendants and some of the nobles.
  7. Cross References
    Daniel 1:11
    So Daniel said to the steward whom the chief of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
    Daniel 1:18
    Now at the end of the days, when the king had said that they should be brought in, the chief of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.
  8. Cross References
    1 Samuel 3:18
    Then Samuel told him everything, and hid nothing from him. And he said, "It is the LORD. Let Him do what seems good to Him.
  9. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 32:32
    Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, indeed they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
  10. Cross References
    Nehemiah 3:16
    After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, leader of half the district of Beth Zur, made repairs as far as the place in front of the tombs of David, to the man-made pool, and as far as the House of the Mighty.
  11. Cross References
    2 Kings 18:17
    Then the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh from Lachish, with a great army against Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. When they had come up, they went and stood by the aqueduct from the upper pool, which was on the highway to the Fuller's Field.
    Isaiah 7:3
    Then the LORD said to Isaiah, "Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and ShearJa'shub your son, at the end of the aqueduct from the upper pool, on the highway to the Fuller's Field.
  12. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 32:3
    He consulted with his leaders and commanders to stop the water from the springs which were outside the city; and they helped him.
    2 Chronicles 32:30
    This same Hezekiah also stopped the water outlet of Upper Gihon, and brought the water by tunnel to the west side of the City of David. Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
  13. Cross References
    2 Kings 16:20
    So Ahaz rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David. Then Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.
    2 Chronicles 32:33
    So Hezekiah 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 honored him at his death. Then Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
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