18 ‘Some of your descendants who come from you will be taken away,(A) and they will become eunuchs[a] in the palace of the king of Babylon.’”(B)

19 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good,”(C) for he thought: Why not, if there will be peace and security during my lifetime?

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  1. 2 Kings 20:18 Or court officials

18 And some of your descendants,(A) your own flesh and blood who will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”(B)

19 “The word of the Lord you have spoken is good,” Hezekiah replied. For he thought, “Will there not be peace and security in my lifetime?”

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‘Some of your descendants who come from you will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’”

Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good,” for he thought: There will be peace and security during my lifetime.(A)

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And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood who will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.(A)

“The word of the Lord you have spoken is good,(B)” Hezekiah replied. For he thought, “There will be peace and security in my lifetime.(C)

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