12 Merodach20.12 Merodach: The Hebrew text has "Berodach," another spelling of the name.Baladan, the son of Baladan, was now king of Babylonia.20.12 Merodach Baladan … Babylonia: Ruled Babylonia 722–710 and 704–703 b.c.And when he learned that Hezekiahhad been sick, he sent messengers with letters and a gift for him. 13 Hezekiahwelcomed20.13 welcomed: Or "listened to."the messengers and showed them all the silver, the gold, the spices, and the fine oils that were in his storehouse. He even showed them where he kept his weapons. Nothing in his palace or in his entire kingdom was kept hidden from them.
14 Isaiahasked Hezekiah, "Where did these men come from? What did they want?"
"They came all the way from Babylonia," Hezekiahanswered.
15 "What did you show them?" Isaiah asked.
Hezekiahanswered, "I showed them everything in my kingdom."
16 Then Isaiahtold Hezekiah:
I have a message for you from the Lord. 17 2 K 24.13;2 Ch 36.10.One day everything you and your ancestors have stored up will be taken to Babylonia. The Lordhas promised that nothing will be left. 18 2 K 24.14,15;Dn 1.1-7.Some of your own sons will be taken to Babylonia, where they will be disgraced and made to serve in the king’s palace.
19 Hezekiahthought, "At least our nation will be at peace for a while." So he told Isaiah, "The message you brought me from the Lordis good."
Hezekiah, king of Judah, did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, destroyed the high places, and trusted in God when Sennacherib, king of Assyria, besieged Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:1).
Hezekiah, king of Judah, did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, destroyed the high places, and trusted in God when Sennacherib, king of Assyria, besieged Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:1).
Isaiah, son of Amoz, was the prophet who had a vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. He sent King Hezekiah the Lord’s answer to the prayer about Sennacherib king of Assyria (2 Kings 19:20).
Hezekiah, king of Judah, did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, destroyed the high places, and trusted in God when Sennacherib, king of Assyria, besieged Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:1).
Hezekiah, king of Judah, did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, destroyed the high places, and trusted in God when Sennacherib, king of Assyria, besieged Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:1).
Hezekiah, king of Judah, did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, destroyed the high places, and trusted in God when Sennacherib, king of Assyria, besieged Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:1).
Isaiah, son of Amoz, was the prophet who had a vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. He sent King Hezekiah the Lord’s answer to the prayer about Sennacherib king of Assyria (2 Kings 19:20).
Hezekiah, king of Judah, did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, destroyed the high places, and trusted in God when Sennacherib, king of Assyria, besieged Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:1).
Hezekiah, king of Judah, did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, destroyed the high places, and trusted in God when Sennacherib, king of Assyria, besieged Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:1).
Isaiah, son of Amoz, was the prophet who had a vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. He sent King Hezekiah the Lord’s answer to the prayer about Sennacherib king of Assyria (2 Kings 19:20).