King James Version
2 Kings 20:16 in the King James Version says “And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD.” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD.”
2 Kings 20:16 · KJV
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, even from Babylon.
And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.
And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD.
Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith 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 Babylon.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“unto Hezekiah”
H2396chizkijah, a king of judah, also the name of two other israelites
“Hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“the word”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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