each complementary to the other. Manasseh, Hezekiah’s actual son, was “carried to Babylon” (2 Chr. 33:11), but did not become a eunuch in the palace. Daniel and others, not his actual sons, but of the royal seed (Dan. 1:3), and therefore Hezekiah’s descendants, are thought by some to have literally fulfilled the latter part of the prophecy, being eunuchs in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar. 19. Good is the word, &c.] The language is, according to some, that of a true spirit of resignation and humility;
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