2 Kings 20:16-21

16 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of the Lord:

17 'The time will certainly come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon; nothing will be left,' says the Lord.

18 'Some of your descendants who come from you will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs^[a] 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?^[b]

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,^[c] 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.^[d]

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2 Kings 20:16-21 Meaning and Commentary

In this chapter is an account of Hezekiah's sickness, and of the means of his recovery, and of the sign given of it, 2 Kings 20:1 of the king of Babylon's congratulatory letter to him upon it, when he showed to the messengers that brought it his treasures, in the pride and vanity of his heart, 2 Kings 20:12 for which he was reproved by the prophet Isaiah, and was humbled, and submitted to the sentence pronounced on his house, 2 Kings 20:14, and the chapter is concluded with his reign and death, 2 Kings 20:20.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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[a]. Or court officials
[b]. Isa 39:1-8
[c]. 2 Ch 32:30
[d]. 2 Ch 32:32-33

2 Kings 20:16-21

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Hezekiah's Death

2 Kings 20:16-21 Meaning and Commentary

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