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The Visit by Merodach-baladan

39 At that time Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, when[a] he heard he had been sick and had survived.[b] Hezekiah was delighted with them, and showed them everything in[c] his treasure-houses[d]—the silver, the gold, the spices, the precious oils, his entire armory, and everything found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his palace or in all his kingdom[e] that Hezekiah did not show them.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 39:1 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab MT; 4QIsab LXX read because
  2. Isaiah 39:1 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT read had recovered
  3. Isaiah 39:2 So 1QIsaa MTmss; the Heb. lacks in
  4. Isaiah 39:2 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read treasure-house; MTqere reads his treasure-house
  5. Isaiah 39:2 So 1QIsaa; MT reads realm; LXX lacks kingdom