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2 Kings 20:18-20
International Standard Version
2 Kings 20:18-20
International Standard Version
18 ‘Some of your descendants—your very own seed, whom you will father—will be carried away to become officials[a] in the palace of the king of Babylon.’”
19 At this, Hezekiah replied to Isaiah, “What you’ve spoken from the Lord is good,” because he had been thinking, “Why not, as long as there’s peace and security[b] in my lifetime…?”
20 Now the rest of Hezekiah’s actions, as well as his glorious deeds, including how he constructed the pool and the conduit to bring water into the city, are recorded in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah, are they not?
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- 2 Kings 20:18 Or court officials; the position may have mandated castration as a condition of service
- 2 Kings 20:19 Lit. truth
2 Kings 20:18-20
New International Version
2 Kings 20:18-20
New International Version
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?”
20 As for the other events of Hezekiah’s reign, all his achievements and how he made the pool(C) and the tunnel(D) by which he brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?
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