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2 Kings 20:18-20
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2 Kings 20:18-20
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18 ‘Some of your descendants—your very own seed, whom you will father—will be carried away to become officials[a] in the palace of the king of Babylon.’”
19 At this, Hezekiah replied to Isaiah, “What you’ve spoken from the Lord is good,” because he had been thinking, “Why not, as long as there’s peace and security[b] in my lifetime…?”
20 Now the rest of Hezekiah’s actions, as well as his glorious deeds, including how he constructed the pool and the conduit to bring water into the city, are recorded in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah, are they not?
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- 2 Kings 20:18 Or court officials; the position may have mandated castration as a condition of service
- 2 Kings 20:19 Lit. truth
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