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11 Isaiah the prophet called to Yahweh, and he brought back the shadow on the steps where it had gone down on the steps of Ahaz, backwards ten steps.

Hezekiah Reveals Too Much to a Babylonian Envoy

12 At that time, Berodak-Baladan the son of Baladan king of Babylon[a] sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been ill. 13 Hezekiah heard about them and showed them all of the house of his treasure, both the silver and the gold, the spices, the good olive oil, the room of his weapons, and all that could be found in his treasuries. There was nothing that he did not show them in his palace and in all of his kingdom.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 20:12 Or “Babel.” Babel was the ancient name for Babylon, the capital of Babylonia. See also Genesis 11:9