2 Kings 20:18

18 'Some 1of your sons who shall issue from you, whom you will beget, will be taken away; and they will become 2officials in the palace of the king of Babylon.' "

2 Kings 20:18 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 20:18

(See Gill on 2 Kings 20:12)

2 Kings 20:18 In-Context

16 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of the LORD .
17 'Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and all that your fathers have laid up in store to this day will be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left,' says the LORD .
18 'Some of your sons who shall issue from you, whom you will beget, will be taken away; and they will become officials in the palace of the king of Babylon.' "
19 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "The word of the LORD which you have spoken is good." For he thought, "Is it not so, if there will be peace and truth in my days?"
20 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and all his might, and how he made the pool and the conduit and brought water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

Cross References 2

  • 1. 2 Kings 24:12; 2 Chronicles 33:11
  • 2. Daniel 1:3-7
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