2 Kings 20:20

Hezekiah's Death

20 The rest of the events of Hezekiah's [reign], along with all his might and how he made the pool and the tunnel and brought water into the city,^[a] are written about in the Historical Record of Judah's Kings.

2 Kings 20:20 Meaning and Commentary

And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might,.... Which he exerted in his wars with his enemies, and in the reformation of religion, and abolition of idolatry:

and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city; at the same time that he cut it off from the enemy without, see 2 Chronicles 32:3,

are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? a book often referred to in this history, but since lost; many of his acts are recorded in the canonical book of Chronicles, 2 Chronicles 29:1.

2 Kings 20:20 In-Context

18 '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.' "

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

20 The rest of the events of Hezekiah's [reign], along with all his might and how he made the pool and the tunnel and brought water into the city, are written about in the Historical Record of Judah's Kings.

21 Hezekiah rested with his fathers, and his son Manasseh became king in his place.

Footnotes

• [a]. 2 Ch 32:30