Isaiah 39:7
And of thy sons who shall issue from thee whom thou shalt beget, shall they take away,—and they shall become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
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2 Kings 24:12Then came out Jehoiachin king of Judah, unto the king of Babylon, he and his mother, and his servants, and his generals, and his courtiers,—and the king of Babylon took him, in the eighth year of his reign.
2 Kings 25:6So they seized the king, and brought him up unto the king of Babylon, at Riblah,—and they pronounced upon him sentence of judgment.
2 Chronicles 36:10and, when the year came round, King Nebuchadnezzar sent, and carried him to Babylon, with the precious utensils of the house of Yahweh,—and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 39:7and the eyes of Zedekiah, did he put out, and bound him with fetters of bronze to bring him into Babylon.
Daniel 1:1In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and laid siege against it;
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 39:6-8
Hezekiah's Vanity Punished. ( b. c. 712.) 5 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the Lord of hosts: 6 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the Lord . 7 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. 8 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord… Read the whole commentary →