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2 Kings 20:16-18
International Standard Version
2 Kings 20:16-18
International Standard Version
16 Then Isaiah replied to Hezekiah, “Listen to this message from the Lord: 17 ‘Watch out! The days are coming when everything that’s in your house—everything that your ancestors have saved up right to this day—will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left,’ declares the Lord. 18 ‘Some of your descendants—your very own seed, whom you will father—will be carried away to become officials[a] in the palace of the king of Babylon.’”
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- 2 Kings 20:18 Or court officials; the position may have mandated castration as a condition of service
2 Kings 20:16-18
New International Version
2 Kings 20:16-18
New International Version
16 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the Lord: 17 The time will surely come when everything in your palace, and all that your predecessors have stored up until this day, will be carried off to Babylon.(A) Nothing will be left, says the Lord. 18 And some of your descendants,(B) your own flesh and blood who will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”(C)
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