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2 Kings 20:18 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 20 · verse 18
And 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.2 Kings 20:18 · King James Version
2 Kings 20:18 in context
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.
19Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?
20And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- eunuchsçârîyça eunuchH5631 →
- BabylonBâbelBabel , including Babylonia and the Babylonian empireH894 →
- palacehêykâla large public building, such as a palace or templeH1964 →
- issueyâtsâʼto go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and…H3318 →
- begetyâladto bear youngH3205 →
- sonsbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
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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