At that time Merodakh-bal᾽adan, the son of Bal᾽adan, king of Bavel, sent letters and a present to Ḥizqiyyahu: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.

And Ḥizqiyyahu was glad of them, and showed them the house of his treasures, 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 Ḥizqiyyahu did not show them.

Then Yesha῾yahu the prophet came to king Ḥizqiyyahu, and said to him, What said these men? and from where did they come to thee? And Ḥizqiyyahu said, They are come from a far country to me, from Bavel.

Then said he, What have they seen in thy house? And Ḥizqiyyahu answered, All that is in my house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.

Then said Yesha῾yahu to Ḥizqiyyahu, Hear the word of the Lord of hosts:

Behold, days are coming that all that is in thy house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Bavel: nothing shall be left, says the Lord.

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 Bavel.

Then Ḥizqiyyahu said to Yesha῾yahu, Good is the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, But there shall be peace and truth in my days.