Hezekiah’s Wealth and Works

27 Hezekiah had abundant riches and glory, and he made himself treasuries for silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and every desirable item.

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27 Hezekiah had very great wealth and honor,(A) and he made treasuries for his silver and gold and for his precious stones, spices, shields and all kinds of valuables.

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10 In the spring[a](A) Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon along with the valuable articles of the Lord’s temple. Then he made Jehoiachin’s brother Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 36:10 Lit At the return of the year

10 In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon,(A) together with articles of value from the temple of the Lord, and he made Jehoiachin’s uncle,[a] Zedekiah, king over Judah and Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 36:10 Hebrew brother, that is, relative (see 2 Kings 24:17)

He will take even their gods captive to Egypt, with their metal images and their precious articles of silver and gold.(A) For some years he will stay away from the king of the North,

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He will also seize their gods,(A) their metal images and their valuable articles of silver and gold and carry them off to Egypt.(B) For some years he will leave the king of the North alone.

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Charging horseman,
flashing sword,
shining spear;
heaps of slain,
mounds of corpses,(A)
dead bodies without end(B)
they stumble over their dead.

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Charging cavalry,
    flashing swords
    and glittering spears!
Many casualties,
    piles of dead,
bodies without number,
    people stumbling over the corpses(A)

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