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^(C1)At that time ^(F1)Berodach-baladan, a son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, because he heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

And Hezekiah listened to ^(F1)them, and showed them ^(C1)all his treasure house, the silver, the gold, the balsam oil, the ^(F2)scented oil, the house of his armor, and everything that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his house nor in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them.

Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, "What did these men say, and from where have they come to you?" And Hezekiah said, "They have come from a far country, from Babylon."

Isaiah said, "What have they seen in your house?" So Hezekiah ^(F1)answered, "They have seen everything that is in my house; there is nothing among my treasuries that I have not shown them."

Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of the LORD:

'Behold, the days are coming when ^(C1)everything that is in your house, and what your fathers have stored up to this day, will be carried to Babylon; nothing will be left,' says the LORD.

'And some ^(C1)of your sons who will come from you, whom you will father, will be taken away; and they will become ^(C2)officials in the palace of the king of Babylon.'"

Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "The word of the LORD which you have spoken is ^(C1)good." For he ^(F1)thought, "Is it not good, if there will be peace and ^(F2)security in my days?"

^(C1)Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and all his might, and how he ^(C2)constructed the pool and the conduit and brought water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

^(C1)So Hezekiah ^(F1)lay down with his fathers, and his son Manasseh became king in his place.