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Isaiah 39:11At that time Merodach Baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been ill and had recovered.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 20:12-192 Chr 32:232 Sam 10:22 Sam 8:10Isa 13:19Isa 39:1-82 Chr 32:31Isa 13:1Isa 14:4Isa 23:13
Isaiah 39:22Hezekiah welcomed them and showed them his storehouse with its silver, gold, spices, and high-quality olive oil, as well as his whole armory and everything in his treasuries. Hezekiah showed them everything in his palace and in his whole kingdom.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 32:252 Chr 32:31Jer 17:9Job 31:25Ps 146:3-41 Kgs 10:101 Kgs 10:151 Kgs 10:21 Kgs 10:252 Chr 32:27
Isaiah 39:33Isaiah the prophet visited King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did these men say? Where do they come from?” Hezekiah replied, “They come from the distant land of Babylon.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 28:492 Chr 16:72 Sam 12:1Jer 5:152 Chr 25:152 Kgs 20:14-15Isa 38:1Isa 38:5Jer 22:1-2Josh 9:6
Isaiah 39:44Isaiah asked, “What have they seen in your palace?” Hezekiah replied, “They have seen everything in my palace. I showed them everything in my treasuries.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 1:9Job 31:33Josh 7:19Prov 23:5Prov 28:13
Isaiah 39:55Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Listen to the message of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies:Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 13:13-141 Sam 15:16
Isaiah 39:66‘Look, a time is coming when everything in your palace and the things your ancestors have accumulated to this day will be carried away to Babylon; nothing will be left,’ says the Lord.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 25:13-152 Kgs 24:13Jer 20:5Dan 1:22 Chr 36:102 Chr 36:182 Kgs 20:17-19Jer 27:21-22Jer 52:17-19
Isaiah 39:77‘Some of your very own descendants whom you father will be taken away and will be made eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 1:1-72 Chr 36:102 Kgs 24:122 Chr 33:112 Chr 36:202 Kgs 24:152 Kgs 25:6-7Ezek 17:12-20Jer 39:7
Isaiah 39:88Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The Lord ’s message that you have announced is appropriate.” Then he thought, “For there will be peace and stability during my lifetime.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 32:262 Chr 34:281 Pet 5:61 Sam 3:18Job 1:21Lam 3:39Lev 10:3Ps 39:9Zech 8:16Zech 8:19
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