2 Kings 20:12 (GNV)

Passage

The same season Berodach Baladan the sonne of Baladan King of Babel, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard howe that Hezekiah was sicke.

Nearby Context

2 Kings 20:10 And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadowe to passe forward ten degrees: not so then, but let ye shadow go backe ten degrees.

2 Kings 20:11 And Isaiah the Prophet called vnto the Lord, and he brought againe the shadowe ten degrees backe by the degrees whereby it had gone downe in the diall of Ahaz.

2 Kings 20:12 The same season Berodach Baladan the sonne of Baladan King of Babel, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard howe that Hezekiah was sicke.

2 Kings 20:13 And Hezekiah heard them, and shewed them all his treasure house, to wit, the siluer, and the golde, and the spices, and the precious oyntment, and all the house of his armour, and al that was founde in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, and in all his realme, that Hezekiah shewed them not.

2 Kings 20:14 Then Isaiah the Prophet came vnto King Hezekiah, and saide vnto him, What saide these men? and from whence came they to thee? And Hezekiah said, They be come from a farre countrey, euen from Babel.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "same", "season", "berodach", "baladan", "sonne", "king", and "babel". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "same" and "season", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "And Isaiah the Prophet called vnto the..." into verse 13's "And Hezekiah heard them and shewed them...", so "same" and "season" 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 "same" and "season" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.