2 Chronicles 32:31

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²⁹ He made cities for himself, and he acquired herds of sheep and cattle in abundance, for God gave him very great wealth.

³⁰ It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.

And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.

³² As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his deeds of loving devotion, they are indeed written in the vision of the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

³³ And Hezekiah rested with his fathers and was buried in the upper tombs of David’s descendants. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem paid him honor at his death. And his son Manasseh reigned in his place.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.
KJV: Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
WEB: However, concerning the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him to test him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
ASV: Howbeit in [the business of] the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
DARBY: However in [the matter of] the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all [that was] in his heart.
BLB: And so with the ambassadors of the heads of Babylon, those sending to him to inquire about the sign that was [done] in the land, God withdrew from him in order to test him, that He might know all in his heart.

ÅB: slik også da sendemennene kom fra Babels fyrster, som sendte bud til ham for å spørre om det underfulle tegn som var skjedd i landet; Gud forlot ham bare for å sette ham på prøve og for å kjenne alt hva som var i hans hjerte[^1].
OTB: Selv i saken med sendebudene fra herskerne i Babylon, som ble sendt til ham for å spørre om undret som hadde skjedd i landet, lot Gud ham være alene bare for å teste ham, slik at Han kunne vite alt som var i hans hjerte.
B1930: således også da sendemennene kom fra Babels fyrster, som sendte bud til ham for å spørre om det underfulle tegn som var skjedd i landet; Gud forlot ham bare for å sette ham på prøve og for å kjenne alt hvad som var i hans hjerte. / < 5MO 8, 2.>

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Deuteronomy 8:2
Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
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Proverbs 17:3
A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.
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John 15:5
I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.
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2 Chronicles 32:24
In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. So he prayed to the LORD, who spoke to him and gave him a sign.
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Genesis 22:1
Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.
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Zechariah 13:9
This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
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Deuteronomy 8:16
He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.
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Job 1:11–12
But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
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