39:1 At that time a Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king
of Babylon, sent b letters and a present to Hezekiah: for
he had heard that he had been sick, and had recovered.
(a) This was the first king of Babylon, who overcame the
Assyrians in the tenth year of his reign.
39:2 And Hezekiah was c glad of them, and showed 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 treasuries: there
was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that
Hezekiah did not show them.
39:4 Then said he, What have d they seen in thy house? And
Hezekiah answered, All that [is] in my house have they
seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not
showed them.
(d) He asks him of the particulars, to make him understand
the craft of the wicked, which he before being overcome
with their flattery and blinded with ambition, could
not see.
39:6 Behold, the days come, that all that [is] in thy house, and
[that] which thy fathers have laid up in store until this
day, shall be e carried to Babylon: nothing shall be
left, saith the LORD.
(e) By the grievousness of the punishment is declared how
greatly God detested ambition and vain glory.
39:7 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou
shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be f
eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
(f) That is, officers and servants.
39:8g 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.
