11 Then Isaiah the prophet called out to the Lord, and (A)He brought the shadow on the [a]stairway back ten steps by which it had gone down on the [b]stairway of Ahaz.

Hezekiah Shows Babylon His Treasures

12 (B)At that time [c]Berodach-baladan, a son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, because he heard that Hezekiah had been sick. 13 And Hezekiah listened to [d]them, and showed them (C)all his treasure house, the silver, the gold, the balsam oil, the [e]scented oil, the house of his armor, and everything that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his house nor in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 20:11 Lit steps
  2. 2 Kings 20:11 Lit steps
  3. 2 Kings 20:12 Some mss and ancient versions Merodach-baladan; cf. Is 39:1
  4. 2 Kings 20:13 I.e., messengers
  5. 2 Kings 20:13 Lit good

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