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11 The prophet Isaiah cried to the Lord; and he brought the shadow back the ten intervals, by which the sun[a] had declined on the dial of Ahaz.

Envoys from Babylon

12 At that time King Merodach-baladan son of Baladan of Babylon sent envoys with letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick. 13 Hezekiah welcomed them;[b] he showed them all his treasure house, the silver, the gold, the spices, the precious oil, his armoury, all that was found in his storehouses; there was nothing in his house or in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 20:11 Syr See Isa 38.8 and Tg: Heb it
  2. 2 Kings 20:13 Gk Vg Syr: Heb When Hezekiah heard about them

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