At that time Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered. MERODACH-BALADAN. For 150 years before the overthrow of Nineveh by Cyaxares the Mede, a succession of rulers, mostly viceroys of A... [ Continue Reading ]
And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shew... [ Continue Reading ]
Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, even from Babylon. WHAT SAID THESE MEN ... WHENCE NAME THEY? - implying that any proposition coming from the... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them. WHAT HAVE THEY SEEN? ... ALL THAT (IS) IN MINE HOUSE - a frank confession of his whole fault: the king submits his c... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts: HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD OF HOSTS - who has all thy goods at His disposal.... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD. THE DAYS COME - 120 years afterward. This is the first intimation that the Jews would be carried to Babylon-... [ Continue Reading ]
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. THY SONS THAT SHALL ISSUE FROM THEE - the sons which Hezekiah (as Josephus tells us) wished to have (note, , on "wept sore") will be among the... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days. FOR THERE SHALL BE PEACE ... IN MY DAYS. The punishment was not, as in David's case (), sent in his time. How perverse Newman's remark is ('Hebrew M... [ Continue Reading ]