Verse 12

2 Kings 20:12

Literal Standard Version

12 At that time Berodach-Baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, has sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick;
Original Language Text
hebrew
בָּ/עֵ֣ת הַ/הִ֡יא שָׁלַ֡ח בְּרֹאדַ֣ךְ בַּ֠לְאֲדָן בֶּֽן בַּלְאֲדָ֧ן מֶֽלֶךְ בָּבֶ֛ל סְפָרִ֥ים וּ/מִנְחָ֖ה אֶל חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּ כִּ֣י שָׁמַ֔ע כִּ֥י חָלָ֖ה חִזְקִיָּֽהוּ
English Translation
At that time, he sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah from Babylon, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, because he heard that Hezekiah was sick.
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Chapter 20 Context
1 In those days Hezekiah has been sick to death, and Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet comes to him and s... Focus ↗
2 And he turns around his face to the wall, and prays to YHWH, saying, Focus ↗
3 “Ah, now, O YHWH, please remember how I have habitually walked before You in truth and with a perfec... Focus ↗
4 And it comes to pass, when Isaiah has not yet gone out to the middle court, that the word of YHWH ha... Focus ↗
5 “Return, and you have said to Hezekiah, leader of My people, Thus said YHWH, God (Elohim) of your fa... Focus ↗
6 and I have added fifteen years to your days, and I deliver you and this city out of the hand of the... Focus ↗
7 And Isaiah says, “Take a cake of figs”; and they take and lay it on the boil, and he revives. Focus ↗
8 And Hezekiah says to Isaiah, “What is the sign that YHWH gives healing to me, that I have gone up to... Focus ↗
9 And Isaiah says, “This is the sign to you from YHWH, that YHWH does the thing that He has spoken—wil... Focus ↗
10 And Hezekiah says, “It has been light for the shadow to incline ten degrees; no, but let the shadow... Focus ↗
11 And Isaiah the prophet calls to YHWH, and He brings back the shadow by the degrees that it had gone... Focus ↗
12 At that time Berodach-Baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, has sent letters and a present to Hez...
13 and Hezekiah listens to them, and shows them all the house of his treasury, the silver, and the gold... Focus ↗
14 And Isaiah the prophet comes to King Hezekiah and says to him, “What did these men say? And from whe... Focus ↗
15 And he says, “What did they see in your house?” And Hezekiah says, “They saw all that is in my house... Focus ↗
16 And Isaiah says to Hezekiah, “Hear a word of YHWH: Focus ↗
17 Behold, days are coming, and all that is in your house, and all that your father has treasured up un... Focus ↗
18 and of your sons who go out from you, whom you beget, they take away, and they have been eunuchs in... Focus ↗
19 And Hezekiah says to Isaiah, “The word of YHWH that you have spoken is good”; and he says, “Why not,... Focus ↗
20 And the rest of the matters of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the condui... Focus ↗
21 And Hezekiah lies with his fathers, and his son Manasseh reigns in his stead. Focus ↗