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2 Kings 20:18

Babylon

16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD.

17 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.

And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

19 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?

20 And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
KJV
And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
WEB
‘They will take away some of your sons who will issue from you, whom you will father; and they will be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’”
ASV
And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
DARBY
And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be chamberlains in the palace of the king of Babylon.
BLB
And some of your sons who will go forth from you, whom you will beget, they will be taken and they will be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
ÅB
Og blant dine sønner som skal utgå av deg, som du skal avle, skal det være noen som blir tatt til hoffmenn i kongen av Babels palass.
OTB
'Og noen av dine etterkommere, dine egne barn,
skal bli tatt bort,
og de skal tjene som embetsmenn i kongens palass i Babylon.'"
B1930
Og blandt dine sønner som skal utgå av dig, som du skal avle, skal det være nogen som blir tatt til hoffmenn i kongen av Babels palass.

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Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 33:11

    Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

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  • 2 Kings 24:12

    And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.

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  • Daniel 1:3

    And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king’s seed, and of the princes;

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  • 2 Kings 25:6

    So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.

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