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2 Kings 20:16 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 20 · verse 16
And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD.2 Kings 20:16 · King James Version
2 Kings 20:16 in context
14Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon.
15And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.
16And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD.
17Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.
18And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- HezekiahChizqîyâhChizkijah, a king of Judah, also the name of two other IsraelitesH2396 →
- IsaiahYᵉshaʻyâhJeshajah, the name of seven IsraelitesH3470 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- Hearshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- worddâbâra wordH1697 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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Here is, I. An embassy sent to Hezekiah by the king of Babylon, to congratulate him on his recovery, Kg2 20:12. The kings of Babylon had hitherto been only deputies and tributaries to the kings of Assyria, and Nineveh was the royal city. We find Babylon subject to the king of Assyria, Kg2 17:24.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-21