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2 Kings 20:11-13
Amplified Bible
2 Kings 20:11-13
Amplified Bible
11 So Isaiah the prophet called out to the Lord, and He brought the shadow on the steps ten steps backward by which it had gone down on the [a]sundial of Ahaz.
Hezekiah Shows Babylon His Treasures
12 At that time [b]Berodach-baladan a son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.(A) 13 Hezekiah listened to and welcomed them and [[c]foolishly] showed them all his treasure house—the silver and gold and spices and precious oil and his armory and everything that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his house (palace) nor in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them.
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- 2 Kings 20:11 Or stairway; lit steps.
- 2 Kings 20:12 Many mss and ancient versions read Merodach-baladan; cf Is 39:1.
- 2 Kings 20:13 Hezekiah was showing off his wealth to the Babylonians, in disregard of the mercy God had just granted him.
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