¹¹ So the prophet Isaiah called out to the Lord, and he brought the shadow^[a] back the ten steps it had descended on the stairway of Ahaz.^[b](A)

Hezekiah’s Folly

¹² At that time^(B) Merodach-baladan^[c] son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah since he heard that he had been sick. ¹³ Hezekiah listened to the letters and showed the envoys his whole treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil—and his armory, and everything that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his palace and in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them.^(C)