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11 So Isaiah cried out to the Lord, who brought the shadow back ten steps after it had gone down the stairway of Ahaz.

Hezekiah Shows His Treasure to the Babylonian Envoys

12 Some time later, Berodach-baladan,[a] the son of King Baladan of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, because he had heard that Hezekiah had been ill. 13 Hezekiah listened to the entourage[b] and showed them his entire treasury, including the silver, gold, and spices, the precious oil, his armory, and everything that was inventoried in his treasuries. There was nothing in his household or in his holdings that Hezekiah did not show them.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 20:12 So MT; LXX and a MT variant read Marodach-baladan
  2. 2 Kings 20:13 Lit. to them