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2 Kings 20

2 Kings 20:18

Hezekiah Shows His Treasures · 2 Kings 20:12–19
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Translations

Modern
And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
Traditional
And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
Literal
And some of your sons who will go forth from you, whom you will beget, they will be taken and they will be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
Latin
Sed et de filiis tuis qui egredientur ex te, quos generabis, tollentur, et erunt eunuchi in palatio regis Babylonis.

Original

Hebrew
English
And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

Notes

2 Kings 20:18

some of your descendants … will be taken away: Hezekiah’s son Manasseh was captured and taken to Babylon (2 Chronicles 33:11–13). This prophecy was fully realized with Hezekiah’s descendants during the Babylonian deportations in:

2 Kings 20:1–19

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).

Theme notes and profiles

Babylon Hezekiah Isaiah

Events

Parallels

Isaiah 39:1–8

Places

Babylon: Ancient Mesopotamian city, capital of Babylonian Empire, site of the Tower of Babel

Glossary

Assyria, Assyrians Babylon, Babylonia Hezekiah Kings, Books of First and Second Merodach-Baladan Oholah and Oholibah Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego

Topics

Babylon: Empire of Prophecies of Conquests By Hezekiah: King of Judah: His Lack of Wisdom in Showing his Resources to Commissioners of Babylon Hezekiah: King of Judah: Prophecies Concerning Isaiah: Reproves Hezekiah's Folly in Exhibiting his Resources to the Commissioners from Babylon Palaces of Kings: Often Attended by Eunuchs As Servants Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments Prophecy: Miscellaneous, Fulfilled: The Captivity of the Southern Kingdom (Judah) Temptation: Yielding to Hezekiah The Rich: Hezekiah