2 Kings 20:17 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Book Notes

2 Kings 20:17

15 And he said, “What have they seen in your house?” So Hezekiah answered, ^a“They have seen all that is in my house; there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them.”

16 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the Lord:

17 ‘Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and what your fathers have accumulated until this day, ^ashall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left,’ says the Lord.

18 ‘And ^athey shall take away some of your sons who will¹ descend from you, whom you will beget; ^band they shall be ^ceunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’ ”

19 So Hezekiah said to Isaiah, ^a“The word of the Lord which you have spoken is good!” For he said, “Will there not be peace and truth at least in my days?”

Death of Hezekiah

20 ^aNow the rest of the acts of Hezekiah—all his might, and how he ^bmade a ^cpool and a tunnel and ^dbrought water into the city—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Book Notes:

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I & II Kings

THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF KINGS, in the ancient copies of the Hebrew Bible, constitute one book. Various titles have been given them; in the Septuagint and the Vulgate they are called the Third and Fourth Books of Kings. The authorship of these books is unknown; but the prevailing opinion is that they were compiled by Ezra, or one of the later prophets, from the ancient documents that are so frequently referred to in the course of the history as of public and established authority. Their inspired character was acknowledged by the Jewish Church, which ranked them in the sacred canon; and, besides, it is attested by our Lord, who frequently quotes from them (compare I Kings 17:9; II Kings 5:14 with Luke 4:24-27; I Kings 10:1 with Matthew 12:42).