2 Kings 20:12-19

Hezekiah and the Babylonian Envoys

12 l At that time m Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, n sent envoys with letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick. 13 And Hezekiah welcomed them, and he showed them o 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. 14 Then 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." 15 He 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."

16 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of the Lord: 17 Behold, the days are coming, when p 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 q And some of your own sons, who shall be born to you, shall be taken away, r and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon." 19 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, s "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?"

  1. Cross References
    2 Kings 20:12 - 19
    At that time Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent envoys with letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
    Isaiah 39:1 - 8
    At that time Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent envoys with letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick and had recovered.
  2. Cross References
    Isaiah 39:1
    At that time Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent envoys with letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick and had recovered.
  3. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 32:31
    And so in the matter of the envoys of the princes of Babylon, who had been sent to him to inquire about the sign that had been done in the land, God left him to himself, in order to test him and to know all that was in his heart.
  4. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 32:27
    And 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 costly vessels.
  5. Cross References
    2 Kings 24:13
    And carried off all the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold in the temple of the Lord, which Solomon king of Israel had made, as the Lord had foretold.
    Jeremiah 20:5
    Moreover, I will give all the wealth of the city, all its gains, all its prized belongings, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah into the hand of their enemies, who shall plunder them and seize them and carry them to Babylon.
    2 Kings 25:13
    And the pillars of bronze that were in the house of the Lord, and the stands and the bronze sea that were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces and carried the bronze to Babylon.
    Jeremiah 27:19 - 22
    For thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the pillars, the sea, the stands, and the rest of the vessels that are left in this city.
  6. Cross References
    2 Kings 24:12
    And Jehoiachin the king of Judah gave himself up to the king of Babylon, himself and his mother and his servants and his officials and his palace officials. The king of Babylon took him prisoner in the eighth year of his reign
    2 Chronicles 33:11
    Therefore the Lord brought upon them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh with hooks and bound him with chains of bronze and brought him to Babylon.
  7. Cross References
    Daniel 1:3
    Then the king commanded Ashpenaz, his chief eunuch, to bring some of the people of Israel, both of the royal family and of the nobility.
  8. Cross References
    1 Samuel 3:18
    So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. And he said, "It is the Lord. Let him do what seems good to him.
    2 Chronicles 32:25 - 26
    But Hezekiah did not make return according to the benefit done to him, for his heart was proud. Therefore wrath came upon him and Judah and Jerusalem.
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