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Isaiah 39:1-3
International Standard Version
Isaiah 39:1-3
International Standard Version
The Visit by Merodach-baladan
39 At that time Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, when[a] he heard he had been sick and had survived.[b] 2 Hezekiah was delighted with them, and showed them everything in[c] his treasure-houses[d]—the silver, the gold, the spices, the precious oils, his entire armory, and everything found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his palace or in all his kingdom[e] that Hezekiah did not show them.
Isaiah Rebukes Hezekiah
3 Then the prophet Isaiah came to King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did these men have to say? And from where did they come to you?”
Hezekiah replied, “From a distant land—they came to me from Babylon.”
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- Isaiah 39:1 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab MT; 4QIsab LXX read because
- Isaiah 39:1 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT read had recovered
- Isaiah 39:2 So 1QIsaa MTmss; the Heb. lacks in
- Isaiah 39:2 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read treasure-house; MTqere reads his treasure-house
- Isaiah 39:2 So 1QIsaa; MT reads realm; LXX lacks kingdom
Isaiah 39:1-3
New International Version
Isaiah 39:1-3
New International Version
Envoys From Babylon(A)
39 At that time Marduk-Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon(B) sent Hezekiah letters and a gift, because he had heard of his illness and recovery. 2 Hezekiah received the envoys(C) gladly and showed them what was in his storehouses—the silver, the gold,(D) the spices, the fine olive oil—his entire armory and everything found among his treasures.(E) There was nothing in his palace or in all his kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.
3 Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked, “What did those men say, and where did they come from?”
“From a distant land,(F)” Hezekiah replied. “They came to me from Babylon.”
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