Isaiah 39:1-2

Messengers from Babylon Visit Hezekiah

39:1 At 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. 39:2 Hezekiah 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.


tn Heb “was happy with”; NAB, NASB “was pleased”; NIV “received the envoys gladly.”

tn Heb “there was nothing which Hezekiah did not show them in his house and in all his kingdom.”