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Hezekiah shows his treasures to Babylon's envoys

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2 Kings 20:12–19At that time Berodach Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.Isaiah 39:1–8At that time, Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick, and had recovered.
Opening words from the World English Bible (public domain); the passage list is in-house

Who and where

HezekiahIsaiahMerodach-baladanJerusalem ›
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None of the public-domain chronologies consulted (ISBE, Easton's, Ussher) gives this event a year; it is placed here by its order in the narrative.

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