Translations
Modern
“What have they seen in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They have seen everything in my palace,” answered Hezekiah. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”
Traditional
And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.
Literal
And he said, “What have they seen in your house?” And Hezekiah said, “All that is in my house, they have seen. There is not a thing that I have not shown them among my treasures.”
Latin
At ille respondit: Quid viderunt in domo tua? Ait Ezechias: Omnia quæcumque sunt in domo mea, viderunt: nihil est quod non monstraverim eis in thesauris meis.
Original
Hebrew
English
“What have they seen in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They have seen everything in my palace,” answered Hezekiah. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”
Notes
In those days: This phrase gives a general time reference. It shows that the events are grouped by theme, not by strict order of time. The story about Merodach-baladan (2 Kings 20:12–19), who Sennacherib had expelled from Babylon before 701 BC, occurred before the events in chapters 18–19 but after Hezekiah's illness (2 Kings 20:12).
Events
- Reign of Hezekiahc. 726 BC
Parallels
People
Hezekiah: A righteous king of Judah
Glossary
Assyria, Assyrians Babylon, Babylonia Hezekiah Kings, Books of First and Second Merodach-Baladan Oholah and Oholibah
Topics
Hezekiah: King of Judah: His Lack of Wisdom in Showing his Resources to Commissioners of Babylon Isaiah: Reproves Hezekiah's Folly in Exhibiting his Resources to the Commissioners from Babylon Temptation: Yielding to Hezekiah The Rich: Hezekiah