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1. At that time Marodach Baladan, the son of Baladan, the king of Babylonia, sent letters and ambassadors and gifts to Ezekias: for he had heard that he Gr. was had been sick even to death, and was recovered.
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1. At that H1931 time H6256 Merodach H4757 -baladan , the son H1121 of Baladan H1081 , king H4428 of Babylon H894 , sent H7971 letters H5612 and a present H4503 to H413 Hezekiah H2396 : for he had heard H8085 that H3588 he had been sick H2470 , and was recovered H2388 .
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2. And Ezekias was glad of their coming, and he shewed them the house of his spices, and of silver, and gold, and myrrh, and incense, and ointment, and all the houses of his treasures, and all that he had in his stores: and there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, which Ezekias did not shew.
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2. And Hezekiah H2396 was glad H8055 of H5921 them , and showed H7200 them H853 the house H1004 of his precious things H5238 , H853 the silver H3701 , and the gold H2091 , and the spices H1314 , and the precious H2896 ointment H8081 , and all H3605 the house H1004 of his armor H3627 , and all H3605 that H834 was found H4672 in his treasures H214 : there was H1961 nothing H3808 H1697 in his house H1004 , nor in all H3605 his dominion H4475 , that H834 Hezekiah H2396 showed H7200 them not H3808 .
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3. And Esaias the prophet came to king Ezekias, and said to him, What say these men? and whence came they to thee? and Ezekias said, They are come to me from a land afar off, from Babylon.
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3. Then came H935 Isaiah H3470 the prophet H5030 unto H413 king H4428 Hezekiah H2396 , and said H559 unto H413 him, What H4100 said H559 these H428 men H376 ? and from whence H4480 H370 came H935 they unto H413 thee? And Hezekiah H2396 said H559 , They are come H935 from a far H7350 country H4480 H776 unto H413 me, even from Babylon H4480 H894 .
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4. And Esaias said, What have they seen in thine house? and Ezekias said, They have seen everything in my house; and there is nothing in my house which they have not seen: yea, also the possessions in my treasuries.
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4. Then said H559 he, What H4100 have they seen H7200 in thine house H1004 ? And Hezekiah H2396 answered H559 , H853 All H3605 that H834 is in mine house H1004 have they seen H7200 : there is H1961 nothing H3808 H1697 among my treasures H214 that H834 I have not H3808 showed H7200 them.
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5. And Esaias said to him, Hear the word of the Lord of hosts:
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5. Then said H559 Isaiah H3470 to H413 Hezekiah H2396 , Hear H8085 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 :
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6. Behold, the days come, when they shall take all the things that are in thine house, and all that thy fathers have gathered until this day, shall go to Babylon; and they shall not leave anything at all: and God hath said,
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6. Behold H2009 , the days H3117 come H935 , that all H3605 that H834 is in thine house H1004 , and that which H834 thy fathers H1 have laid up in store H686 until H5704 this H2088 day H3117 , shall be carried H5375 to Babylon H894 : nothing H3808 H1697 shall be left H3498 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 .
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7. that they shall take also of thy children whom thou shalt beget; and they shall make them eunuchs in the house of the king of the Babylonians.
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7. And of thy sons H4480 H1121 that H834 shall issue H3318 from H4480 thee, which H834 thou shalt beget H3205 , shall they take away H3947 ; and they shall be H1961 eunuchs H5631 in the palace H1964 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894 .
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8. And Ezekias said to Esaias, Good is the word of the Lord, which he hath spoken: let there, I pray, be peace and righteousness in my days.
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8. Then said H559 Hezekiah H2396 to H413 Isaiah H3470 , Good H2896 is the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 which H834 thou hast spoken H1696 . He said H559 moreover, For H3588 there shall be H1961 peace H7965 and truth H571 in my days H3117 .
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