2 Kings 20:11-13

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹¹ So Isaiah the prophet called out to the Lord, and He brought the shadow^[a] back the 10 steps it had descended on Ahaz’s stairway.^[b](A)

Hezekiah’s Folly

¹² At that time^(B) Merodach-baladan^[c] son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah since he heard that he had been sick. ¹³ Hezekiah gave them a hearing and showed them his whole treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil—and his armory, and everything that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his palace and in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them.^(C)