2 Kings 20:14 (DBY)

Passage

Then came the prophet Isaiah to king Hezekiah and said to him, What said these men? and from whence came they to thee? And Hezekiah said, They came from a far country, from Babylon.

Nearby Context

2 Kings 20:12 At that time Berodach-Baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent a letter and a present to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

2 Kings 20:13 And Hezekiah hearkened to them, and shewed them all his treasure-house, the silver and the gold, and the spices and the fine oil, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found among his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah did not shew them.

2 Kings 20:14 Then came the prophet Isaiah to king Hezekiah and said to him, What said these men? and from whence came they to thee? And Hezekiah said, They came from a far country, from Babylon.

2 Kings 20:15 And he said, What have they seen in thy house? And Hezekiah said, All that is in my house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewn them.

2 Kings 20:16 And Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the word of Jehovah:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "came", "prophet", "isaiah", "king", "hezekiah", "said", and "whence". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "came" and "prophet", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "And Hezekiah hearkened to them and shewed..." into verse 15's "And he said What have they seen...", so "came" and "prophet" belong inside that flow. In 2 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "came" and "prophet" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.