2 Kings 20:18 (DRB)

Passage

And of thy sons also that shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, they shall take away, and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

Nearby Context

2 Kings 20:16 And Isaias said to Ezechias: Hear the word of the Lord.

2 Kings 20:17 Behold the days shall come, that all that is in thy house, and that thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.

2 Kings 20:18 And of thy sons also that shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, they shall take away, and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

2 Kings 20:19 Ezechias said to Isaias: The word of the Lord, which thou hast spoken, is good: let peace and truth be in my days.

2 Kings 20:20 And the rest of the acts of Ezechias, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought waters into the city, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sons", "shall", "issue", "thee", "thou", "shalt", and "beget". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sons" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "Behold the days shall come that all..." into verse 19's "Ezechias said to Isaias The word of...", so "sons" and "shall" 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 "sons" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.