The Babylonian Envoys(A)

12 (B)At that time [a]Berodach-Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick. 13 And (C)Hezekiah was attentive to them, and showed them all the house of his treasures—the silver and gold, the spices and precious ointment, and [b]all [c]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.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 20:12 Merodach-Baladan, Is. 39:1
  2. 2 Kings 20:13 So with many Heb. mss., Syr., Tg.; MT omits all
  3. 2 Kings 20:13 Lit. the house of his armor

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