2 Chronicles 32:31
29 Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.
30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
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.
32 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
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Compare
- 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.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 8:2
And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Read in contextProverbs 17:3
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
Read in contextJohn 15:5
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
Read in context2 Chronicles 32:24
In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.
Read in contextGenesis 22:1
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
Read in contextZechariah 13:9
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 8:16
Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
Read in contextJob 1:11–12
But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
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