1 At the same time Merodach-baladan, son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, because he had heard that Hezekiah was sick and had recovered. 2 Hezekiah happily welcomed the visitors and showed them what he had in his treasury—all the silver, the gold, the spices, and the expensive oils. He also showed them his whole armory and all that he had in his storehouses. In fact there wasn't anything in his palace or in the whole of his kingdom that Hezekiah didn't show them. 3 Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked him, “Where did those men come from, and what did they tell you?” “They came to see me from a long way away, from Babylon,” Hezekiah replied. 4 “What did they see in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They saw everything in my palace,” replied Hezekiah. “There wasn't anything in all my storehouses I didn't show them.” 5 Isaiah told Hezekiah, “Listen to what the Lord says: 6 You can be certain that the time is coming when everything in your palace, and everything that your forefathers have saved up until now, will be taken away to Babylon. There will be nothing left, says the Lord. 7 Some of your sons, your own offspring, will be taken to serve as eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.” 8 Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The message from the Lord that you have told me is fine.” For he said to himself, “There'll definitely be peace and safety in my lifetime.”
Isaiah 39 Free Bible Version
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Baladan
Named as the father of Merodach-baladan king of Babylon.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 20:12; Isaiah 39:1
Hezekiah
A great reformer who trusted God and saw Jerusalem delivered from Assyria.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 18-20; 2 Chron. 29-32; Isa. 36-39; Matt. 1:9-10
Merodach-baladan
Son of Baladan and king of Babylon, who sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah after hearing of his illness.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 20:12; Isaiah 39:1
Cross references (8)
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- 1 2 Kings 20:12–19; 2 Chronicles 32:23; 2 Samuel 10:2; Isaiah 13:19; Isaiah 39:1–8
- 2 2 Chronicles 32:25; 2 Chronicles 32:31; Psalm 146:3–4; Job 31:25; Jeremiah 17:9
- 3 Deuteronomy 28:49; 2 Samuel 12:1; Jeremiah 5:15; 2 Chronicles 16:7; 2 Chronicles 25:15
- 4 Proverbs 23:5; 1 John 1:9; Proverbs 28:13; Job 31:33; Joshua 7:19
- 5 1 Samuel 15:16; 1 Samuel 13:13–14
- 6 2 Kings 25:13–15; 2 Kings 24:13; Jeremiah 20:5; Daniel 1:2; Jeremiah 27:21–22
- 7 Daniel 1:1–7; 2 Chronicles 36:10; 2 Kings 24:12; 2 Chronicles 36:20; 2 Kings 25:6–7
- 8 2 Chronicles 32:26; 2 Chronicles 34:28; 1 Peter 5:6; Job 1:21; Zechariah 8:19
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