2 Kings 20:12–18

The Babylonian Envoys

^12kAt that time ³Berodach-Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick. ¹³And ^lHezekiah was attentive to them, and showed them all the house of his treasures—the silver and gold, the spices and precious ointment, and ⁴all ⁵his armory—all that was found among his treasures. There was nothing in his house or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.

¹⁴Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah, and said to him, “What did these men say, and from where did they come to you?”

So Hezekiah said, “They came from a far country, from Babylon.”

¹⁵And he said, “What have they seen in your house?”

So Hezekiah answered, ^m“They have seen all that is in my house; there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them.”

¹⁶Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the Lord: ¹⁷‘Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and what your fathers have accumulated until this day, ⁿshall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left,’ says the Lord. ¹⁸‘And ^othey shall take away some of your sons who will ⁶descend from you, whom you will beget; ^pand they shall be ^qeunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’ ”